Pro tip: Chill the dough before rolling it into balls. Yes, you’ll need to chill the dough for these sprinkle sugar cookies, but only for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt - over the dough and mix just until there are no streaks. You can omit the almond extract if you don’t have any and don’t want to run to the store: it adds pleasant flavor and aroma, but leaving it out won’t hurt the cookies’ texture. You’ll then incorporate the wet ingredients: eggs, vanilla, and almond extracts. You can do it by hand, but be prepared to exert some serious elbow grease. This is easiest to do with an electric mixer, because you’ll want to get them fully mixed and whipped into an even, fluffy texture. This is the special something that makes your cookies stand out from the crowd.īegin by creaming together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar. The tiniest bit of almond extract complements the other flavors. A smidge of cream cheese gives the inside of the cookies a tender, melt-in-your-mouth quality that perfectly contrasts the crackly exterior. Neither is strictly necessary, but each adds so much. The ingredients in these cookies are standard baking staples, with two small but mighty additions. Is it any wonder they have a special place in my heart? 2 secret ingredients make the best Christmas sprinkle cookies These are the cookies my son insists on leaving out for Santa, year after year. You can make these sugar cookies with any type of sprinkles you like, of course, but I always think of them as holiday cookies, hence the red and green. Still, they turn out beautifully each and every time, with a classic vanilla-infused sugar cookie taste that everyone loves. They are perfect for baking with kids, and the very definition of no-fuss. Sometimes the simple things are the best, and I firmly believe that’s the case with these cookies. This recipe is fun and foolproof, and makes a festive addition to your holiday baking plans! No-roll, no-cut Christmas Sprinkle Cookies have a delightful sugar cookie texture and beautiful coatings of red and green.
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