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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Sprinkled Butter Cookies (melt in your mouth)
PrintIngredients
- 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! 🙂
Akaleistar says
Those cookies look so yummy!
Rebecca | Let's Eat Cake says
I love how bright and festive these are!
Bea Akok says
OH MY GOODNESS These are the best butter/shortbread cookies I have ever made and I have been baking cookies for 56 years. I loved that they were so cheerful looking so I had to try them. I did not over mix the batter so they would be very tender and they were perfect. My oven temperature is spot on so they actually baked for the full 20 minutes.
Thank you so very much for sharing this recipe.
Everyone that makes cookies, likes to eat cookies should try this recipe.
Pamela says
Hey Bea, your comment made my day! I am so happy that you love these cookies as much as we do! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Tammie says
These cookies are incredibly easy to make. I just tried them last night, but unfortunately they were a little dry. I used all of the suggested ingredients. Not sure what happened. They were definitely full of flavor. I thought they would be more moist.
Pamela says
Hey Tammie – glad to hear you made these cookies, they are one of my favorites! I’ve never had dryness issues with these cookies as the evaporated milk makes them extra moist but here’s a troubleshooting guide that might help you in the future: http://www.bettycrocker.com/how-to/tipslibrary/baking-tips/cookie-troubleshooting-guide.
Tammie says
Thanks! They are definitely worth trying again!
Michelle says
If you don’t have evaporated milk what could you substitute it with?
Pamela says
Hey Michelle, I highly recommend using evaporated milk because that’s what gets them so soft. If you don’t have access to it, then substitute 2 tablespoon milks + 1 tablespoon half and half.
Tori Cole says
Your pictures are absolutely excellent. Great job! The cookies look delicious! I might have to make these with my girls… when I feel like breaking my diet!!! hehehehehe
Melissa says
Hi! I just tested these out to have my students make and they taste great! Could you tell me what brand of sprinkles you used? The jimmies I used didn’t hold up as well as yours did.
Melissa says
Cancel that question. I just read your last reply above. Thanks again for sharing your recipe.
Pamela says
Hey Melissa, glad you guys enjoyed these cookies! Thanks for letting me know!
Melinda says
Hi! What brand of sprinkles did you use? I love the color mix. Thank you!
Pamela says
Hey Melinda! I use a brand called Bakers Choice Colored Sprinkles. They are pretty common in kosher supermarkets here in Brooklyn, http://www.bakerschoiceny.com/itempage-cosp%2016_060-217-216-218.html.
Melinda says
Thank you so much. I can’t wait to make these. Love this blog!
Crystal Green says
These look wonderful! I can see making them for a cookie exchange system.
Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty. We hope to see you again when we open our doors on Friday at 12 AM EST.
Terri says
Can you mix sprinkles into the dough?
Pamela says
You sure can, but I recommend rolling in sprinkles too if you want the full sprinkle look.
Hena Tayeb says
yum and so fun.
vanessa says
These are looks so yummy and pretty. I can’t wait to try these tomorrow with my girl. I would love it if you would share this yummy recipe at a link party I am co-hosting. I hope to see you there. Thank you and have a great week. http://diy180site.blogspot.com/2016/10/dishing-it-and-digging-it-link-party-120.html
Jeanette says
Really like easy recipes. Cute cookies 🙂
Laura | Food Fun Family says
Wow! My mouth is watering. I love butter cookies! Thanks for sharing with us at the Delicious Dishes recipe party!
Karly says
I love these happy little cookies! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Pam says
Oh, I want one of these cookies right now! I love butter cookies, and sprinkles make everything better. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty.
GiGi says
I want to make love to those cookies LMFAO!
LydiaF says
Those look soft and buttery. I don’t feel the need to wait for the holidays…I’ll drool now 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty #ccbg 🙂
Susan says
These look delish, and not overly sweet. I was looking for something fun to make this week. I think these are it! Thanks!
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
These are so pretty and the also look delicious!
Linda @ 2 Cookin Mamas says
My grandson just asked for sprinkled cookies and then boom! your post came up. Love butter cookies and adding evaporated milk, which I incidentally add to my pumpkin pies, would definitely make them richer and softer. Can’t wait to make these! (and there will be one happy little boy in the house)
Emma @ Bake Then Eat says
My mouth is watering at these festive cookies, I love them, so pretty and perfect for any time of the year ;D
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kithcen says
OH my gosh! These sprinkled butter cookies look so adorable, Pamela. They look almost too pretty to eat! I bet they were divine! 🙂
grace says
sprinkles make everything more fun and arguably more delicious! 🙂
Suzanne says
In July I notice holiday rumblings in the catalogs that are in my mailbox. These little gems would be a perfect addition to a cookie gift box.
Valentina | The Baking Fairy says
These cookies are so cute and look absolutely scrumptious! You can’t ever go wrong with rainbow sprinkles 🙂
handmade by amalia says
I do like a cheerful cookie.
Amalia
xo
John/Kitchen Riffs says
I usually wait until Labor Day before I start thinking of the holidays. No reason not to get an early start, though! These look terrific. Perfect reward after a long day harvesting goodies from your garden!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
What a fun little cookie! I bet these would go down very well at a kid’s birthday party!
Sues says
I was just thinking that I need to get started on planning holiday recipes… which seriously scared me! But also, the Hallmark Channel is playing nonstop Christmas movies. These cookies look gorgeous and delicious no matter the season!