Coffee tastes better on Saturdays. Sunshine is the best. Sprinkles make everything more fun.
These are just facts of life that I’ve learned over the years. 28 years to be exact. Exact because today is my 28th birthday. And to celebrate I made these super fun sprinkle sugar cookies.
SEE. So much fun. Look at those colorful sprinkles! I just can’t get enough.
I haven’t made sugar cookies in forever, but I have been craving them for (what seems like) forever. Since I wasn’t in the mood to roll out dough with a rolling pin, cut out dough cookie cutters, and frost/decorate cookies to look all fancy – I didn’t!
It’s my birthday and I’ll do what I want.
And what I wanted was to make easy, delicious, drop sugar cookies that were covered in colorful sprinkles. Fancy enough for me!
These are not your crispy, dry sugar cookies. No. These are your soft, melt-in-your-mouth, amazing sugar cookies. Like clouds. Clouds that were made with butter and powdered sugar and cream cheese, because those are the ingredients that are making these sugar cookies so heavenly.
And the sprinkles. Because, once again, sprinkles make everything more fun.
But also, how cute are these colorful little bowls? My brother and sister-in-law gave them to me for my birthday! Technically, they are dip bowls, but they work for cookies too.
So right now: I’m drinking coffee. Eating one of these cookies. The sun is shining. It’s my birthday. I have high endorphins from the 25K trail race that I ran this morning. I’m meeting up with friends soon for drinks on a patio.
Needless to say, 28 has been pretty good to me so far and I’m really excited to see what else it has in store!
Life is pretty fun. Kind of like these sprinkle sugar cookies. Enjoyyyyyy <3
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup cream cheese
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups rainbow sprinkles
- In a medium bowl combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer add the butter, cream cheese, and sugars. Mix on medium until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Transfer dough to a sealed container and refrigerate for 1 hour (up to 48 hours).
- When ready to bake preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll the cookie dough into small balls, about 1-1 ½ inches in diameter, then roll the balls in the sprinkles.
- Evenly space the cookie dough balls on the cookie sheet and press each down just slightly with either your fingers or a glass until they are in the shape of small disks (but not too flat!).
- Bake for 10 minutes. Let cookies sit on the pan for 1-2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Love a good sugar cookie.. and these ones look especially delicious!
Thanks Thalia!
These are awesome, they sound like they have my favorite kind of sugar cookie texture…plus, one can never resist sprinkles, no matter their age! Happy belated birthday, hope it was a great one. 🙂
Thanks, Heather! It was a great day and these cookies definitely helped 🙂
Happy birthday! These cookies look like a great way to celebrate!
Thanks! I thought so!
My dad shares the same birthday as you! I made him coconut macaroons, but I know he would have loved these cookies just as much!
Happy birthday to your dad! Coconut macaroons sound amazing as well 🙂
I made a version of these a while back–I think they had more cream cheese–and they were a huge hit. I love how the sprinkles look–so much fun! And yours are so nice and thick!
Thanks, Laura! Sprinkles just make everything better, don’t they?!