Iced Christmas Sprinkle Cookie
Welcome to 12 days of Christmas Cookies, my way of celebrating the holidays by sharing with you all 12 unique yet nostalgic cookie recipes to bake over the holidays. For day 1, I am sharing this Iced Christmas Sprinkle Cookie; this is one of my favourite Christmas cookie recipes because they are so easy to make and are a delicious sprinkle explosion! You can never have too many sprinkles! These soft, lofthouse style sugar cookies bake up easily in under 15 minutes and the simple buttercream is a foolproof way to step these cookies up a little. Every time I make these cookies for family or friends they are always such a hit! You can use any sprinkle you like, but I do find a peppermint flavoured sprinkle to be extra delicious.
12 Days of Christmas Cookies is inspired by nostalgic, holiday flavours but combined in a way that you hopefully haven’t seen before. Cookies are kind of my thing…. the limits of creativity feel endless when it comes to cookies and I am always so giddy about coming up with a new flavour combination, and so combing my favourite dessert with my favourite holiday just felt fitting! Between December 1st to the 12th you will see 12 completely different cookie recipes, ranging from easy, throw together recipes to recipes with a little more TLC, but something for bakers of every level. A lot of these cookies compliment each other if you want to throw them together in a cookie box to bring in to the office or gift to someone you love. They also all freeze really well if you are like me and would like to get a head start on your Christmas baking early in the month so that you have goodies to pull out on December 21st when you want something sweet but are overwhelmed with beautiful chaos!
All of the cookie recipes you see over the next 12 days are unique recipes that I have created, tested and retested for you to enjoy in your own kitchens. If you do decide to make any of these recipes, please do tag me on socials because I love to see what you come up with!
The Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
For the Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4.5 cups icing sugar
- 4-6 tbsp milk
- 1/4 cup Christmas Sprinkles
The Instructions
- Grab all of your needed ingredients and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large electric mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until it starts to cream together and become smooth. Once smooth, add in the Greek yogurt and combine well.
- Next, add the egg and the vanilla extract and combine well.
- In a small, separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and cornstarch and give this a quick whisk with a fork to evenly distribute. Next, gradually add this to the wet mixture while on medium speed to thoroughly combine.
- Finally, add in your Christmas Sprinkles of choice and give it one last good mix to distribute.
- Time to bake! Roll the cookie dough out on to a floured surface to about half an inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass cup, cut out cookies the size of your choice. I typically like these cookies to be large, usually 4-6″ across.
- Bake these cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet for 12-14 minutes for larger cookies. Adjust the time accordingly if doing something smaller.
- While the cookies are baking, combine all of the ingredients for the buttercream in your mixer with the whisk attachment. Start with 4 tbsp of milk and gradually add more as needed, the moisture content in every stick of butter is different which can make vast variations in your icing, hence the range. Once whipped and smooth, add in your Christmas sprinkles and set aside.
- Once the cookies have all cooked and cooled completely, it is time to ice! I like to use an icing piping bag for the best results, but decorate which ever way feels right to you.
Iced Christmas Sprinkle Cookie
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
For the Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4.5 cups icing sugar
- 4-6 tbsp milk
- 1/4 cup Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Grab all of your needed ingredients and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large electric mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until it starts to cream together and become smooth. Once smooth, add in the greek yogurt and combine well.
- Next, add the egg and the vanilla extract and combine well.
- In a small, separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and cornstarch and give this a quick whisk with a fork to evenly distribute. Next, gradually add this to the wet mixture while on medium speed to thoroughly combine.
- Finally, add in your Christmas Sprinkles of choice and give it one last good mix to distribute.
- Time to bake! Roll the cookie dough out on to a floured surface to about 1.5″ thickness. Using a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass cup, cut out cookies the size of your choice. I typically like these cookies to be large, usually 4-6″ across.
- Bake these cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet for 12-14 minutes for larger cookies. Adjust the time accordingly if doing something smaller.
- While the cookies are baking, combine all of the ingredients for the buttercream in your mixer with the whisk attachment. Start with 4 tbsp of milk and gradually add more as needed, the moisture content in every stick of butter is different which can make vast variations in your icing, hence the range. Once whipped and smooth, add in your Christmas sprinkles and set aside.
- Once the cookies have all cooked and cooled completely, it is time to ice! I like to use an icing piping bag for the best results, but decorate which ever way feels right to you.