Patriotic Cookies are a super easy and festive sugar cookie recipe to make on Memorial Day or 4th of July. These cookies take a few simple ingredients and are ready in 10 minutes.
Patriotic Cookies
For this recipe, we’re using a really delicious (and easy) sugar cookie recipe and topping it off with some fun red, white and blue start sprinkles.
I love how soft and moist these cookies turned out. And what is fun about this, is all you have to do is pick a different set of sprinkles and you can have a whole different theme. Make them for a birthday, another holiday, or just for fun.
Ingredients You Will Need
- Butter. Make sure this has sat out to room temperature before trying to mix it.
- Sugar.
- Egg.
- Vanilla. Real vanilla (not imitation) always gives the best flavor if you’ve got it.
- Flour. All purpose – not self-rising.
- Baking Powder.
- Sprinkles. Any red, white and blue sprinkles you’d like!
How To Make Red White and Blue Sugar Cookies
- Mix. With an electric mixer, beat the butter, egg, vanilla and sugar together until it’s nice and smooth.
- Stir. In a different bowl, stir together the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Combine. Slowly mix in the dry ingredients to the wet until it’s combined.
- Roll. Scoop out tablespoon sized balls and onto your baking sheet and flatten just slightly with the back of a spoon.
- Bake. Bake for 8-10 minutes and when the cookies come out, press the sprinkles on top.
Keep these in an airtight container and enjoy within 3-5 days.
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Patriotic Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 Sticks Butter Room Temperature
- 1 Cup Granulated White Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In the mixing bowl, mix butter, egg, vanilla and sugar together until smooth.
- In a separate bowl combine baking powder with the flour and then add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be stiff. DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH.
- Scoop into tablespoon sized balls and place on a nonstick pan.
- Slightly flatten each ball with a spoon/spatula.
- Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place sprinkles on the cookies. They should stick due to the cookies being warm.
- Let the cookies cool on the pan until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.
- Serve & enjoy!

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