These Soft Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles are perfect for celebrating everything from birthdays to life’s little wins. Perfect and crisp on the outside and delicious and chewy on the inside, you are going to fall in love with these Funfetti Cookies. This is just a brief overview of how to make this delicious cookie recipe. For the full recipe with all of the. measurements, see the recipe card at the bottom of the post. If you wanted to, you could exchange the almond extract for butter extract. It would give even more of a cake flavor to it. That said, I really love almond extract and think it’s perfect in this recipe.
Please know that I’ve had people who don’t like almonds at all (or almond extract) fall in love with these cookies.
Start with room temperature butter. You should be able to easily dent it with your finger without going all the way through. It will still feel cold to the touch. How you measure flour matters. Read more on this below. Make sure your baking powder isn’t too old. You can throw a little in a cup of water and it should fizzle immediately. Baking powder should be replaced every six months. Preheat your oven. I hope this goes without saying, but it is important the dough goes into a hot oven. Use a cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoons) so that your cookies are the same size and cook evenly. This is the one I use and love. Watch those cookies. Without opening your oven a lot, make sure that your cookies come out before they begin to brown at the edges. Oven temperatures vary, so how they look is more important than how long they’ve been in.
You will want to whisk the flour, then scoop with a spoon into your measuring cup, and finally, level it off. Read an in depth explanation of this in the post linked below. We are using the sugar to beat air into the butter. It helps make the cookies light and fluffy after baking, so it’s pretty important. The more cookies you make the better you will get at this step and making sure they are fluffy enough. Additionally, creaming butter and sugar very well helps actual produce more cookies. These cookies freeze very well. This sugar cookie recipe can be stored in an air tight container in your freezer for up to three months.
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If you make these sprinkle cookies or any of my other cookie recipes, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love hearing from you.
