Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~. No need to chill the dough, no need to get fussy, no need for frills beyond a boatload of rainbow sprinkles. Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies are a soft and chewy dropped sugar cookie recipe coated in rainbow nonpareils. They're perfect for any celebration - including St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, and of course, BIRTHDAYS! Raise your hand if you love a soft and chewy sugar cookie!

Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ Very soft, easy and fun to make. Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies are the happiest cookies on the planet - See why they have gone completely viral all over the internet! These soft and delicious cookies are covered in sprinkles, but so buttery and chewy, they will melt in your mouth! You can have Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~

You need 1/2 cup of Butter.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Granulated Sugar.
It's 1/2 cup of Powdered Sugar.
Prepare 1 of Egg.
You need 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
It's 1/4 cup of Vegetable or Canola Oil.
You need 2 1/4 of All-purpose Flour.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
It's 1/2 tsp of Salt.
You need 1/2 tsp of Cream of Tartar.
Prepare 3 of Food dye/coloring.

They are the perfect special treat for a birthday, Valentine's Day or the best for a Christmas Cookie Swap! This recipe starts with a basic sugar cookie dough. In addition to vanilla, I also add a tiny bit of almond extract. I absolutely love almond extract in a sugar cookie - feel free to leave it out, if you'd prefer.

Soft Sugar Cookies ~Rainbow~ instructions

In a large bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, and oil..
In a different bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients..
Gradually add the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture; mix well..
Separate the dough equally into three small bowls. Add desired food coloring to each bowl of dough. Blend until well combined..
Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours..
Roll out each ball of dough into 3 flat rectangles onto three separate sheets of wax paper. Stack on top of each, wax paper side down..
Roll out each ball of dough into 3 flat (desired thickness) rectangles, onto three separate sheets of wax paper. Stack on top of each, wax paper side down. Freeze, 30 minutes-1 hour.
Take out sheets of dough, peel off sheets and press together. Roll tightly into a log. Freeze for 30mins-1hour..
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut cookie dough into 1/2-inch slices and place on a cookie sheet about 1-inch apart..
Bake for 12-15 minutes. Do NOT over bake!.
Cookies should be soft.

After preparing the dough, we add a generous amount of sprinkles. I use rainbow sprinkles, but you can use any color that you. There's something really special about mastering a classic and my Soft Sugar Cookies recipe has got all techniques to make your sugar cookie soft just the way you want it. Decorated to the nines with colored frosting, and of course a mix of fun rainbow sprinkles, these cookies are perfect for all kinds of celebrations! Soft chewy vanilla sugar cookies with rainbow sprinkles.