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Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

These fun and festive Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are filled with brightly colored sprinkles and topped with a cream cheese frosting. The sprinkles are mixed into the scratch made cream cheese infused sugar cookie dough then baked until very lightly golden. Cool completely then frost and decorate.

Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Easy Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies Recipe

Cookies are a year-round baking activity at our house. Cookies are one of the small pleasures to enjoy in life. Cookie dough is very forgiving and keeps well chilled in an airtight container, or frozen for future use. I love that I can keep cookie dough in the fridge for a week or so, and in the freezer even longer. It’s a treat to have cookie dough ready to bake when my family gets a cookie craving. How to make Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies: (Scroll down for full printable recipe.)

  • Prepare Pan – Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line 2 standard baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Creamed Ingredients – Cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts. Beat until fluffy and pale yellow in color, around 2 minutes.
  • Eggs – Add the egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition.
  • Dry Ingredients – Use a whisk to sift together the flour, salt and nutmeg.
  • Combine – Add the dry ingredients to the creamed sugar. Continue mixing until fully combined.
  • Funfetti Sprinkles – Mix-in sprinkles until fully distributed.
  • Divide the Dough – Use a scoop to divide the dough placing 2-inches apart on the pan. Gently press to flatten the centers.
  • Bake – Bake for 12 minutes until the bottoms are golden. Cool on the pan for 5 minutes then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Cream Cheese Frosting – Cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add powdered sugar. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until completely smooth.
  • Frost the cooled cookies. Garnish with the remaining sprinkles.
Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

How to Make the Best Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies Recipe

  • Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies: All purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, vanilla extract, almond extract, large egg yolks, butter, cream cheese, rainbow sprinkles for the dough and for decorating.
  • For the Frosting you’ll need: Plain cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar.
  • Kitchen tools you’ll need: A stand mixer or a hand mixer, measuring cups and spoons, a medium cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, baking pans, cooling rack and a small cookie scoop or ice cream scoop.
  • Before baking, I separate this particular dough using a small ice cream scoop. Think around 1 1/2 Tablespoons of cookie dough. If you’re not familiar with scoop sizes, a regular-size ice cream scoop usually holds 4 ounces. That said, you can make these cookies any size you like even using a tablespoon to divide the dough in a pinch.
  • When changing the size of the cookies, the baking time will need to be adjusted. Keep in mind, that the instructions for this recipe are based on 2 ounce rounds of dough. Be mindful and adjust if using a smaller portion and likewise increase the baking time if using a larger portion of dough. This would be the same rule-of-thumb you would use when baking any cookie.
  • You can also enjoy these cookies dusted with powdered sugar.
  • After baking, expect these cookies to have a golden bottom and very little color on top, so don’t be tempted to over bake them. That’s the nature of a cream cheese cookie dough.
  • Cool the cookies on a cooling rack completely before topping with the cream cheese frosting and a few more sprinkles.
  • Store frosted Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
  • You may also like my recipe for Birthday Cake Funfetti Trifle.
Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

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Funfetti Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Cooling time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 32 minutes
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Southern
Keyword: funfetti-Cream-Cheese-Sugar-Cookies
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 249kcal
Author: Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp pure almond extract
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup rainbow sprinkles divided
  • Frosting:
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 4 Tbsp salted butter softened
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line 2 standard baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts. Beat until fluffy and pale yellow in color around 2 minutes.
  • Add the egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition.
  • Sift together the flour, salt and nutmeg. Lower the speed of the mixer and add the dry ingredients to the creamed sugar. Continue mixing until fully combined.
  • Mix-in 3/4 cup sprinkles by hand. Mix until fully distributed.
  • Use a medium ice cream scoop to divide the dough placing 2-inches apart on the pan. Using flour fingers gently press to flatten the centers.
  • Bake for 12 minutes until the bottoms are golden.
  • Cool on the pan for 5 minutes then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Frosting: Using a hand mixer cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar on low speed.
  • After all has been added beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until completely smooth.
  • Frost the cooled cookies. Garnish with the remaining sprinkles.
  • Store tightly sealed in a single layer, chilled.

Notes

These cookies may be dusted with powdered sugar in place of the cream cheese frosting, if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 141mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 359IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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8 Comments

      1. Can you taste the almond once they are baked? I typically just use vanilla extract which I like so I’m curious why not all vanilla extract? Does it make the cookies have an almond flavor?

      2. If you prefer all vanilla please feel free to replace the almond extract. The almond enhances the flavor of the dough.

  1. I dont want to include the sprinkles in the cookies. Just love the plain cookie taste. Would I need to add extra flour to make up for the sprinkles?

  2. Huh, funny thing about this recipe and a similar one published in your cookbook- the print version completely omits sugar. So, I’m “creaming butter and cream cheese thinking “this doesn’t taste good”.
    I followed the directions as written- no sugar.

    1. Unfortunately, that was a transcription error in the cookbook during the publishing process. There is in fact sugar in my sugar cookies. That error has been corrected by the Publisher in reprints of my book.

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