Soft Batch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a super easy holiday sugar cookie – no rolling the dough required! Packed with red and green sprinkles, perfect for the holidays! These sprinkle sugar cookies are the best, easiest, Christmas cookies around!
*This recipe was originally published on December 13th, 2016 and has been updated with new photos AND a video*
You guys. Â It’s Christmas cookie season! Â My favorite season of all. Ever.
It doesn’t matter what other desserts are on display at Christmas time, I go for anything with sprinkles on it first.
Know what makes Christmas cookie season even better for me? Â When I can have the softest, most buttery-delicious, cookies ever, and not have to roll out a big heap of dough!
Um, it’s the holidays and I’m busy, and I might WANT to do that (I really don’t) but I don’t have time. Â I’m going to guess you don’t either.
If you’re like me, these are the cookies for you. Â Step away from the rolling pin – ya don’t need it!
This is a fairly basic sugar cookie dough, with a couple of additions to, ya know, make them even better.
The addition of cornstarch keeps these guys nice and thick and puffy.
THEN, the cream cheese keeps them super soft, and makes them taste extra buttery!
These sprinkle cookies whip up in about ten minutes, and then into the fridge for a good two hours – yes, chilling is mandatory for these guys.
After they come out of the fridge, you’ll roll the dough into balls, then roll them in a bowl of sprinkles. Â Don’t mix your sprinkles into the dough – if you do it will most likely turn an unsavory shade of brown…..nobody wants that.
If you’re looking for other Holiday recipes you can find my families traditional Poppy Seed Bread right HERE as well as some super tasty Peppermint Chocolate Poke Cake right HERE! Be sure to try my Soft Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies too!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Soft Batch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Stick butter softened
- 1/4 Cup cream cheese softened
- 1 1/2 Cups granulated sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
- 2 Teaspoons corn starch
- 1 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- 1 Cup sprinkles nonpareils
Instructions
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, or a large bowl using hand mixer, cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and extracts until light and fluffy. About 5 minutes.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the flour, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. Mix together on low/medium speed for one minute, until combined.
- Refrigerate dough for two hours before baking.
- When dough is done chilling, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pour the sprinkles into a medium bowl, and roll tablespoon sized balls of dough into the sprinkles.
- Place the cookies onto prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes. These should not turn golden brown, and will still look wet when they come out of the oven.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So cute and easy! Perfect gifts for the holidays!
Feels like Christmas. Love these beauties. Will try it son for my little one.
I love how classic this recipe is. They are the perfect cookie for Santa!
My daughter would love these. It would have to be rainbow sprinkles instead lol
My kids love them made with rainbow sprinkles too! 🙂
These look so good and are SO pretty! I definitely will be trying this recipe out, yum!
Could you use the red and green sugars instead of the ones you used. I’m afraid the might to hard for some.
I think that would work just fine 🙂
How much is a stick of butter
Sheila, one stick of butter is equal to 1/2 Cup.
Would this recipe work if you omitted the almond extract? My son is allergic to nuts.
Thanks.
Hi, Barb! Yes, the almond extract can be left out 🙂
Do you think I’d be able to freeze the dough balls before rolling them in the sprinkles if I wanted to make them ahead of time?
Yes, you can! You’ll want to freeze them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet until they are solid, then you can transfer them to a zip top bag to freeze.
Would it be ok to freeze them after rolling them in the sprinkles?
Do you need to flatten the cookies before baking?
Hi, Brittany! No, you do not need to flatten the dough before baking.
Thank you so much these where the best I will be making them from now on . They are so easy and they taste delicious .