Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies
Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies are a soft and chewy dropped sugar cookie recipe coated in rainbow nonpareils. They’re perfect for any celebration – including St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day, and of course, BIRTHDAYS!
Servings 35 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup Rainbow-colored sprinkles / Rainbow Nonpareils
Instructions
- Beat the butter & sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in the egg & extract.
- Add the flour & salt to the butter mixture.
- Shape the dough into 1-inch balls; roll in the sprinkles.
- Place the rolled cookies on a paper plate & flatten each slightly with the bottom of a glass.
- Top with a pinch of additional sprinkles.
- Freeze until firm, approximately 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350° & line the baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the cookies from the freezer & place at least 2 inches apart on the prepared pans.
- Bake until the edges are lightly browned.
- Let cool on the pans for at least 2 minutes.
- Remove from the pans, & let cool completely on a wire rack.