Birthday Cake Cookies
Get ready to celebrate with these incredibly fun, easy, and perfectly portable Birthday Cake Cookies! This delightful sandwich cookie recipe, featuring vibrant sprinkles and a soft, chewy texture, is perfect for all your celebrations. Bursting with colorful rainbow sprinkles, they’re a hit at school parties, the office, or as a special birthday treat. These festive sandwich cookies are filled with creamy vanilla frosting and rolled in extra sprinkles for a delightful crunch that taste just like a slice of birthday cake!
Recipe Ingredients
Let's dive into the delightful ingredients that make these Birthday Cake Cookies so special!
Yellow Cake Mix: It's the ultimate shortcut for homemade cookies that taste like they took hours.
Rainbow Sprinkles: These vibrant rainbow sprinkles are folded directly into the dough, they're essential for that festive cookie look! If you don’t have rainbow sprinkles, feel free to substitute another color.
Butter: Butter brings rich flavor and helps create a chewy cookie texture. Melting it ensures it blends seamlessly into the cake mix.
Milk: Just a splash of milk helps to achieve the ideal dough consistency.
Egg: The egg acts as a crucial binder, holding all the ingredients together and adding richness to the cookie dough.
Vanilla Frosting: It provides a luscious, smooth filling that perfectly complements the cake-flavored cookies.
Rainbow Nonpareils Sprinkles: These tiny, colorful nonpareils are the perfect finishing touch! Rolling the edges of your birthday cookies in these sprinkles adds an extra layer of visual appeal and a delightful, satisfying crunch.
How to Store Birthday Cake Cookies
To keep your delightful Birthday Cake Cookies perfectly fresh, whether you're baking ahead or saving some for later, store them in an airtight container with waxed paper placed between the layers. While they'll remain delicious for up to 4 days, they're best when enjoyed within the first couple of days.
Birthday Cake Cookies
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 14
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/4 cup from 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rainbow Sprinkles
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- 2 tablespoons from 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rainbow Nonpareils Sprinkles
Instructions
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Step1
Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, if desired.
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Step2
In a large bowl, stir cake mix, 1/4 cup sprinkles, melted butter, milk, and egg until well blended.
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Step3
On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
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Step4
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are set. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step5
For each sandwich cookie, spread generous tablespoonfuls of frosting on the bottom of 1 cookie. Top with a second cookie, bottom side down; gently press together.
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Step6
Place nonpareils in a small bowl. Roll edges of cookies in nonpareils. Store covered in an airtight container with waxed paper between the layers.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich Cookie
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 31%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 300mg
- 13%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 40g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 25g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
