Craving a chewy sugar cookie but don’t feel like making a whole batch of cookies? Then you are going to love this Easy Single Serve Sugar Cookie Recipe with Sprinkles! Perfect for whenever that sugar cookie craving hits! And it’s up to you if you want to share…. Or not!
Why You’ll Love…
If you love sugar cookies but don’t always feel like making a big batch of cookies, this single serve recipe is going to be perfect for you! I love these mini cookie recipes because it’s a good recipe to have on hand whenever a craving hits!
Not to mention the options are endless with this cookie dough! Make 2 individual cookies, make one big cookie, make a deep dish sugar cookie in a skillet and top with vanilla ice cream! Just a few ingredients away and you have a delicious dessert in minutes!
Single Serve Sprinkle Cookies
I love a single serve recipe because it uses such a small amount of ingredients! It’s great for using up the last little bit of flour in your pantry! They’re a breeze to throw together and you don’t even need a cookie scoop for this recipe! Just split the dough in half or make one large cookie! It’s the best of both worlds: a delicious dessert and less dishes to wash!
If there’s any leftover cookie (which is okay if there’s not!) you can store them in an airtight container at room temperature!
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Types of Sprinkles
Okay, I know that sugar cookies don’t always have sprinkles, but hey, life is too short to not add sprinkles!! (But it’s okay if you don’t have or have some strong objection against sprinkles, the recipe will still be delicious.)
You can decide what kind of sprinkles works best for your recipe!
Classic Rainbow Sprinkles – These are the classic cylinder sprinkles that I think hold up the best in baking recipes! You can also buy these in certain colors which is really fun around the holidays! Green sprinkles for St. Patrick’s Day, pink sprinkles for Valentine’s Day,
Seasonal Sprinkles – A lot of times around the holidays, you’ll find specific sprinkles in the grocery store! For example, Halloween sprinkles will have little bat and ghost shapes! I recommend leaving these for topping cupcakes with! The shapes will get a little lost in the cookie dough!
Nonpareil Sprinkles – These are the tiny little ball sprinkles! These are perfect for topping icing with, but I don’t always love the texture in cookies!
Equipment Needed:
Small Bowl – Since this recipe is small, you only need a small bowl to mix everything! Leave the large bowl for a whole batch of cookies and save the space in your dishwasher!
Rubber Spatula – Because this recipe uses a small amount of butter, I prefer to use a spatula to mix everything together instead of a hand mixer!
Baking Sheet – You can use a small or medium baking sheet for this recipe!
Parchment Paper – For all my baking recipes, I have to use parchment paper! It makes for easy clean up and ensures nothing sticks to the pan!
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Ingredient List:
See Recipe Card Below For Full Details.
Step by Step Instructions:
Step 1. Add butter, sugar, and brown sugar into a bowl.
Step 2. Add egg yolk, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
Step 3: Then add in dry ingredients. Add in colorful sprinkles.
Step 4. Place on a cookie sheet and bake!
Helpful Tips and Tricks
When it comes to these cookies, I like to just portion the cookie dough in half and scoop it right onto a prepared baking sheet! However, you can also just scoop it into one big cookie! Keep in mind, it might affect the baking time if you do this!
Since this recipe makes two cookies, I highly recommend scooping some vanilla ice cream in the middle and making a delicious ice cream sandwich with it!
Usually I recommend measuring sprinkles with the heart but since this is a single serve cookie recipe, I recommend only using about a tablespoon of rainbow sprinkles so it doesn’t overwhelm the cookies!
This Single Serve Sugar Cookie Recipe might just be my favorite single serve recipe! Soft sugar cookies that I don’t have to share!? Sign me up for that!
Cheers!
Holly Michelle
Single Serve Sugar Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 drop Almond Extract
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1/3 cup Flour**
- 1/8 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add butter, sugar, brown sugar, and mix together.2 tablespoons Butter, 2 tablespoons Sugar, 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- Add in egg yolk, vanilla extract, and almond extract to a bowl and mix until everything is combined.1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, 1 drop Almond Extract, 1 Egg Yolk
- Stir in flour (see note) and baking powder.1/3 cup Flour**, 1/8 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Mix in sprinkles.Sprinkles
- Scoop onto a baking sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes.
- Let cool slightly and enjoy!
Yum! That looks so perfect
I tried this recipe and for some reason it turned out like little dough balls rather than cookies?
Hmmm, I wonder what could have caused that? Was your butter room temperature? I’m sorry that happened though!
This recipe did not turn out well for me at all ! The cookies weren’t cookie consistency at all when baked ? and I followed the exact recipe .
Sorry to hear that!! I recently updated the recipe, so I hope that helps!
Same here, I’ll try once more but all was room temp.
Used Mayo instead of egg yolk. Tasted store bought. So good I started dancing for joy.and levitating.
Love to hear that!!!
The sugar falls to the bottom, super sugary on the edges and it was super chunky. Was overcooked on the outside.
Sorry to hear that happened to your cookies! I’ve recently updated the recipe, so I hope that helps!
Hi I love these cookies so much! Just wondering what the calories are per cookie. Thank you in advance!
Hi there! So glad to hear that you liked the cookies! I’m not actually sure what the calories are per cookie – I’ll try to figure that out for you!