Fabulous Pretty in Pink Sprinkle Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• ⅔ cup brown sugar 
• 2 egg, 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon imitation vanilla
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon pink food coloring
• 3 ⅓ cup all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 ½  teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 12 oz white candy melts
• Sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
4. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix until just combined.
5. Add pink food coloring.
6. Add half the dry mixture and mix on a low speed. 
7. Repeat with the second half on the dry mixture. Mix until just combined.
8. Using a 2.5 oz cookie dough scoop, scoop dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart.
9. Bake for 14-16 minutes and then allow cookies to cool on baking sheet.
10. Repeat with remaining dough.
11. Once the cookies are cool, melt chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.
12. Dip or drizzle melted chocolate over cookies and add sprinkles.

Notes

*Makes about 20 cookies

Attribution: For the past three years, I have celebrated a pink Christmas—pretty much everything is pink, even a pink Christmas tree. I found these perfect pink cookies to match. You can never have too much pink!

Recipe Credit: Sprinkles for Breakfast

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