Sprinkled Butter Cookies that taste like Funfetti Butter Cookies! These melt in your mouth rainbow cookies are easy to make and use evaporated milk to make the cookies extra soft!
Easy and Soft Sprinkle Butter Cookies
Dreaming of Christmas cookies in August led me to make these Sprinkled Butter Cookies which are sooooo good! The ingredients list is short and simple, using butter as the main ingredient that keeps them so soft and melt in your mouth.
The other key ingredient for these Sprinkled Butter Cookies is evaporated milk which is going to keep them super fluffy and light. Roll around in your favorite colored sprinkles and you have a festive butter cookie – perfect for the holiday season or whenever you’re craving a cookie!
How to Make the Best Butter Cookies
Now let’s get baking these Sprinkled 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 this Sprinkled Butter Cookies recipe!
More Sprinkle Cookie Recipes:
If you’re looking for more cookie recipes make sure to try my:
CHEWY Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sprinkle Sugar Cookie Bites
Easy Sugar Cookies
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Italian Anise Cookies
Red Velvet Cookies
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Sprinkled Butter Cookies
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! 🙂
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!