These Sprinkle Butter Cookies taste just like Funfetti Butter Cookies — soft, buttery, and full of colorful rainbow sprinkles! Made with simple ingredients and a splash of evaporated milk, they bake up melt-in-your-mouth soft every time.
Sprinkled Butter Cookies That Melt In Your Mouth
Dreaming of my favorite Christmas sugar cookies in August led me to make these Sprinkled Butter Cookies, and oh my goodness — they’re sooooo good! This easy butter cookie recipe has a short and simple ingredients list, using butter as the star ingredient that keeps them soft, rich, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
The other key ingredient in these Sprinkled Butter Cookies is evaporated milk, which helps make them light, fluffy, and perfectly tender. Roll each cookie in your favorite colored sprinkles — red and green for Christmas, pink and white for Valentine’s Day, or rainbow for birthdays — for a festive touch. These homemade butter cookies with sprinkles are perfect for kithen counter snacking, holiday cookie trays, bake sales, or whenever you’re craving something buttery and sweet!
How to Make the Best Butter Cookies
Make the crumbly cookie dough by mixing butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla and evaporated milk together, using a hand mixer .
Pour sprinkles on a plate or a shallow bowl. I used rainbow sprinkles but you can use whatever color you want depending on the season or holiday!
Roll each cookie into a ball, and then roll in sprinkles so it’s completely covered.
Place cookies onto a baking sheet. I like to cover mine with silicone baking mats .
And then gently flatten each cookie with a back of a spoon.
Bake at 320 degrees ( not a typo , we want to bake them at a low temperature for longer) for about 20 minutes. And out of the oven comes some beautiful Sprinkled Butter Cookies!
Can I freeze the cookie dough?
Absolutely! Make the dough as instructed and then you can either freeze as one large piece of dough, or roll and freeze smaller balls. After you defrost the dough, roll in sprinkles and bake as you would.
Hope you enjoy these Sprinkle Butter Cookies recipe!
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Ingredients
- ▢ 1 cup butter softened
- ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
- ▢ 2 cups flour
- ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
- ▢ Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 320 degrees F. Prepare 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray or silicone baking mats.
- Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl with electric hand mixer. Add flour, baking powder, vanilla and evaporated milk. Continue to mix until crumbly.
- Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and then roll around in sprinkles to completely coat. Continue to do this until all your dough is gone. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets.
- Very gently flatten each cookie with the back of a spoon.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until lightly golden brown on the bottom.
- Let cookies cool for 15 minutes before eating them all! 🙂
These Sprinkle Butter Cookies taste just like Funfetti Butter Cookies — soft, buttery, and full of colorful rainbow sprinkles! Made with simple ingredients and a splash of evaporated milk, they bake up melt-in-your-mouth soft every time.
Sprinkled Butter Cookies That Melt In Your Mouth
Dreaming of my favorite Christmas sugar cookies in August led me to make these Sprinkled Butter Cookies, and oh my goodness — they’re sooooo good! This easy butter cookie recipe has a short and simple ingredients list, using butter as the star ingredient that keeps them soft, rich, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
The other key ingredient in these Sprinkled Butter Cookies is evaporated milk, which helps make them light, fluffy, and perfectly tender. Roll each cookie in your favorite colored sprinkles — red and green for Christmas, pink and white for Valentine’s Day, or rainbow for birthdays — for a festive touch. These homemade butter cookies with sprinkles are perfect for kithen counter snacking, holiday cookie trays, bake sales, or whenever you’re craving something buttery and sweet!
How to Make the Best Butter Cookies
Make the crumbly cookie dough by mixing butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla and evaporated milk together, using a hand mixer .
Pour sprinkles on a plate or a shallow bowl. I used rainbow sprinkles but you can use whatever color you want depending on the season or holiday!
Roll each cookie into a ball, and then roll in sprinkles so it’s completely covered.
Place cookies onto a baking sheet. I like to cover mine with silicone baking mats .
And then gently flatten each cookie with a back of a spoon.
Bake at 320 degrees ( not a typo , we want to bake them at a low temperature for longer) for about 20 minutes. And out of the oven comes some beautiful Sprinkled Butter Cookies!
Can I freeze the cookie dough?
Absolutely! Make the dough as instructed and then you can either freeze as one large piece of dough, or roll and freeze smaller balls. After you defrost the dough, roll in sprinkles and bake as you would.
Hope you enjoy these Sprinkle Butter Cookies recipe!
Pin for later:
Ingredients
- ▢ 1 cup butter softened
- ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
- ▢ 2 cups flour
- ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
- ▢ Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 320 degrees F. Prepare 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray or silicone baking mats.
- Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl with electric hand mixer. Add flour, baking powder, vanilla and evaporated milk. Continue to mix until crumbly.
- Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and then roll around in sprinkles to completely coat. Continue to do this until all your dough is gone. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets.
- Very gently flatten each cookie with the back of a spoon.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until lightly golden brown on the bottom.
- Let cookies cool for 15 minutes before eating them all! 🙂
Sprinkled Butter Cookies (melt in your mouth)
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
- Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 320 degrees F. Prepare 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray or silicone baking mats.
- Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl with electric hand mixer. Add flour, baking powder, vanilla and evaporated milk. Continue to mix until crumbly.
- Roll dough into tablespoon sized balls and then roll around in sprinkles to completely coat. Continue to do this until all your dough is gone. Place cookies on prepared baking sheets.
- Very gently flatten each cookie with the back of a spoon.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until lightly golden brown on the bottom.
- Let cookies cool for 15 minutes before eating them all! :)
Recipe Created by Pamela Reed for brooklynfarmgirl.com
