Christmas Funfetti Cookies
A deliciously festive funfetti cookie recipe that are perfect for holiday parties, cookie exchanges and gifts. These Christmas Funfetti Cookies have colorful sprinkles of red, green and white throughout the dough. They're soft, chewy, buttery with a hint of vanilla flavor. Ps. Santa loves them too!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup butter room temperature
- 1½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 to 1 ½ cups Christmas themed sprinkles
Instructions
Make The Dough:
- Cream together 1 1/2 cups butter and 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar in your stand mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, 2- 3 minutes. Then add 1 cup light brown sugar and beat until fully combined.
- Add in 2 large eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, one at a time beating after each addition.
- In a large bowl, whisk together 4 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour with 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix on low speed.
- Fold in the sprinkles by hand.
- Scoop + Bake
- Scoop the cookie dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Chill the dough balls in the fridge for 30-45 minutes before baking.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375f, and bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes at 375f until the edges are slightly golden brown. The tops might look slightly under cooked, this is ok.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for ~5 minutes before moving to a wire mesh rack to cool completely.
Notes
Batch:
This is a large batch of cookies but is there any other way to make cookies? This recipe can be easily halved if you like, but because it's a large batch, it's a great Christmas cookie exchange recipe!
Storage:
Once baked, these delicious little Christmas funfetti cookies can be kept in an airtight container for up to 5 days. If you'd like to freeze these cookies in their baked state, lay them flat on a baking sheet and freeze until completely solid, 2 -3 hours, before transferring to an airtight freezer -friendly container or bag.make ahead?
I know I had you at frozen cookie balls! This butter based recipe is awesome for making ahead.
Freeze the dough:
- make the cookie dough as normal.
- line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- scoop cookies onto the cookie sheet, no need to leave space between.
- place the entire tray into the freezer until all the balls are frozen solid - about 2 hours.
- transfer to a freezer friendly bag for up to 6 months.
- remove frozen cookie dough balls from the freezer and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- preheat oven to 375f and allow dough to thaw while oven preheats.
- bake 10-12 minutes, or until the edges start to brown and the center looks slightly under baked.
- cool on baking sheet for ~5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
