Drop Sugar Cookies from Sally's Baking Addiction

Drop-Style Sugar Cookies - made dough October 2, 2022 from Sally's Baking Addiction 

1 1/2 cups (188 grams) all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup sprinkles

1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and granulated sugar together on medium-high speed until creamed, about 1 minute. Add the egg and vanilla extract; beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to keep mixture even textured.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients; mix on low until combined. Beat in 1/2 cup of sprinkles. Portion into golf-ball-size balls and dip tops into remaining sprinkles. Cover and chill for several hours or overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Evenly space dough balls and bake for 12-13 minutes, until edges are golden brown and middles no longer look raw. Cool on baking sheets for several minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

I used a different set of Halloween sprinkles for these drop sugar cookies. The original one from Sally's Baking Addiction made them Christmas-themed with red and green sprinkles. I had already done something with black and orange sprinkles so I mixed it up with this "monster mash" set of green and purple sprinkles with white skull and black spider sprinkles.

You have to peer a little closely to make out the white skulls and black spider shapes but I promise they're there. I liked the sugar cookies themselves but - you guessed it - given I'm not a sprinkles fan, I think these cookies would've been better without them. I didn't care for the crunch or the slightly messy look they gave to the cookies, particularly the sprinkles that bled their colors into the dough. But they all went in as part of Halloween care packages so at least I kept on theme.