- If you love sprinkles and you like cookies,
you've got to try my homemade Funfetti cookie recipe.
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These cookies will be ready in a snap.
So let's get started.
First off,
measure out one and a half cups of all-purpose flour
that's 180 grams.
For leavening,
we're using half a teaspoon of baking soda,
half a teaspoon of salt for contrast.
These cookies have one tablespoon of cornstarch,
this will hold them together
and make them just cakey and delicious.
Whisk it up and set aside.
(whisk clanking)
All right, get that stand mixer out (exhales sharply).
We're fitting with the paddle attachment
but you could totally make this with a hand mixer
with the regular little mixing thingies (chuckles).
You need one stick, half a cup,
113 grams of unsalted butter at room temperature.
If you're using salted butter,
just decrease the salt you added
by like third of a teaspoon.
We're gonna cream this up and then add the sugar,
get it nice and creamy first.
(mixer whirring)
Once your butter is all creamed up,
we're gonna add three quarters of a cup
or 150 grams of sugar.
Mix that on high until light and fluffy
and don't be afraid to scrape the bowl down.
(mixer whirring) (bright lively music)
Whenever you mix less than a cup of butter
in a stand mixer,
it kind of beats the butter down.
So, you're gonna end up
with this compacted nonsense.
You wanna scrape it up a few times
so that it gets light and fluffy,
not dense and hard (chuckles).
Mix it up one more time.
(mixer whirring)
Into that butter mixture,
I'm adding one large, room temperature egg,
we're gonna mix that in along
with a teaspoon of a nice vanilla.
(mixer whirring) (bright music)
You always have the best view of the bowl
because I see it all mixing in,
you see all this stripy nonsense on the side.
So scrape it down.
(mixer whirring)
Mix it up.
(mixer whirring)
This looks good,
we're gonna add the dry mixture in, in a moment.
But Funfetti cookies need sprinkles.
Let's go.
Let's go to the sprinkle drawer.
See, lots of sprinkles to choose.
I want Jimmies.
Unlike those cookies at the grocery store
that looked really good, but they taste horrible,
these ones are gonna be (lightly clapping) amazing.
All the vanilla, the butter, the sugar
in right proportions
and it says it's gonna be (lips smacking),
a chef's kiss moment but sprinkles (chuckles).
We're gonna add the dry mixture right into our bowl.
All of it.
I'm gonna let the mixer do some work
but I'm gonna do a lot of it too
because cookies should be mixed until just combined.
You don't want a tough cookie, you want a nice cakey cookie.
So, you can feel free to just scrape this down.
Initially, that'll mix it up a bit.
And we're gonna mix on low until almost combined.
I still wanna see flour in there,
I don't want to see it fully combined.
So mix it low, almost.
(mixer softly whirring)
You can see inside here, there's still a bunch of flour
but it's mostly incorporated.
Now it's time for the sprinkles.
(sprinklers rustling)
Oh, Okay.
We're gonna mix on low until almost combined,
you want to get them kind of mostly mixed in just
for a few seconds.
That's all you need.
Now, I'm gonna use my spatula
and just finish this off by hand.
(paddle clanks)
These cookies are so simple
but they are just a pleasure to eat
and they bring all the nostalgic moments back.
Brian, how many of these
did you eat last time they made them?
- [Brian] All of them.
- All of them (laughs).
I had like two cookies, so he didn't eat them all
and the kids had a couple,
but he (mumbles).
Okay.
My cookie dough is all combined right now.
It looks amazing.
Look at this.
Look at this dough full of sprinkles.
Use a medium cookie scoop
to get two tablespoons sized balls of dough.
You want about 40 grams,
I measured it for you (chuckles).
Give it a quick roll
so they bake up nice and perfect.
Give it about two inches between
because they will spread a bit.
Before these go into the freezer or fridge,
we're gonna top them
with a little bit of a sprinkle of sprinkles
so that they can look extra pretty.
Just sprinkle them right on.
And if they're going all over the place,
you can take the sprinkles in a bowl
and then just dip them in,
like that.
These cookies can set up for about an hour
or you can freeze them and bake them way later,
it's totally up to you.
Off the chill,
then into the oven.
(chimes tinkling)
My cookies are all set.
They're gonna go into a preheated oven,
350 for about 11 minutes
or until the edges are set
and they're puffed up and they looked gorgeous.
Once the cookies come out of the oven,
don't forget to let them set on the pan
so they can cool completely.
If you liked this video,
check out my cookie playlist.
(John chomping)
That's the best cookie ever.
The vanilla, the butter,
it's magic.
See you in the next video.