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5 from 7 votes

Wedding Cookies Recipe

Soft buttery cookies filled with the flavor of cake batter and sprinkles! Wedding cakes, tea cakes, snowballs - whatever the name these are sure to delight all year.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 40 cookies
Author: Dorothy Kern
Cost: $8

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter , softened (use real butter, no substitutions)
  • ½ cup (57g) powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (SEE NOTES)
  • 2 ¼ cups (279g) all-purpose flour be careful not to over measure
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup rainbow sprinkles jimmies work best
  • Additional powdered sugar for rolling

Instructions

  • Preaheat oven to 375°. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Mix butter, ½ cup powdered sugar, and extract with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add flour and salt and mix until the dough comes together. Stir in the sprinkles. If dough is too soft, chill it until you can work it easily with your hands.
  • Scoop 1 or 2 tablespoon balls of dough and place on prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake cookies for 7-10 minutes (1 tablespoon balls) or 10-14 minutes (2 tablespoon balls) until bottoms are just slightly brown. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes. Fill a small bowl with powdered sugar and roll each cookie in the sugar until coated. Place on a rack to cool.  (Once cookies are cooled, you may want to re-roll them in more powdered sugar.)

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Notes

  • Extract: For cake batter flavor, add 1/2 teaspoon cake batter extract. Or choose any flavor extract to change up the flavor of the cookies. You could use 1/4 teaspoon of almond or lemon extract or even peppermint extract.
  •  Sprinkles: Use any colors; I recommend jimmies so they don't melt into the cookies.
  • Other add-ins: You can omit the sprinkles and use 1 cup chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips or toffee bits or anything at all.
  • Just keep mixing - the dough will come together. I recommend using a stand mixer but a hand mixer works, it just takes longer.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 9mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg

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