Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
These Christmas sprinkle sugar cookies are made with brown butter for the best flavor, and loads of holiday sprinkles to make them extra festive. They're a small batch, simple to make, and no chilling required.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113.5 g) salted butter browned and cooled
- ½ cups (100 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (55 g) brown sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1½ teaspoon (1.5 teaspoon) vanilla this is a good time to use vanilla paste
- 1¼ cups (175 g) all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
- ⅛ teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) nutmeg
- ¼ cup (40 g) holiday jimmie sprinkles
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar for rolling cookies in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Start by browning the butter. You'll take ½ cup of butter and melt in a medium saucepan, and then continue to cook past the point of boiling. You will do this over medium heat, past the point of the butter foaming, until it turns a nice golden brown, and has a nutty smell. Make sure you are stirring and watching it, because it will turn from perfectly brown to burnt fairly quickly. Once finished browning, pour into a bowl and allow to cool completely. Or you can throw into the freezer for 10 minutes to speed it up.
- Beat together browned butter and sugars until combined. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix again.
- Slowly mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg, being careful not to over mix.
- Fold in holiday sprinkles.
- Scoop the dough into large balls, I like to use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop for these. Roll in granulated sugar.
- Place cookie dough balls on your lined baking sheet. Bake the cookies for 10-13 minutes. You're looking for a light golden brown around the edges. Be careful not to over bake, or you will lose the chewy factor we are going for.
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Notes
Because you are browning the butter you might lose more moisture during the process. If y0our dough feels too dry add 1-2 tablespoons of water until it comes together.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don't have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 228mgPotassium: 39mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 345IUVitamin C: 0.001mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg
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