Frosted Animal Cracker Sugar Cookies

Childhood in cookie form, these Frosted Animal Cracker Cookies are soft, chewy and have the perfect crunch from the sprinkles. They are fun, cute and nostalgic and so such an easy recipe to make. Perfect as a birthday party dessert or weeknight indulgence. These colorful sprinkle sugar cookies are a copycat crumb cookie recipe but they’re even better than the real thing!!

One thing I love about Crumbl Cookies is that they have so many fun rotating flavors!! This Circus Animal Sugar Cookie is one of my favs there, so I knew I had to recreate at home for you guys!! They’re so soft like the Crumbl Cookie version and the little frosted animal cracker and sprinkles add the perfect little crunch, but honestly I like this copycat recipe even more!!

This fun summery cookie recipe is made up of a couple components. They are all so easy to achieve, honestly anyone can make this recipe! First the sugar cookie dough, mixed together all in one bowl and packed with rainbow nonpareil sprinkles, make these the perfect base. Second is the white glaze that is made up of only two ingredients, adding a bright sweet component. Lastly the toppings MAKE these cookies: a cute little frosted animal cracker and sprinkled with more nonpareil sprinkles.

Such an easy spring and summer recipe that makes for the cutest cookies. They are really that easy to bake. They are quick to make and bring back childhood memories. Frosted Animal Cracker Sugar Cookies are one of those desserts that you can make for so many events and festivities.

What Should I Make These For?

This is the PERFECT cookie recipe for the spring and summer season. The flavors are indulgent and are sure to please a crowd. You could make these cookies for a cookout, birthday party, back to school, summer get together, baby shower, or anytime throughout the season. It would also be so fun to make with your friends, love, or kiddos this summer.

To get my cookies to be super round and all the same shape, I like using a round glass, a biscuit cutter or cookie cutter to the lid of a mason jar!! It’s definitely not required but just a fun little tip, I like to use. I’ll share a link HERE to some on amazon if you’d like to try out this simple yet effective baking hack. (affiliate code)

I love creating a list of all the ingredients you will need to make my recipe on the post before the recipe. That way you can clearly see everything you’ll need and what you may need to go grab at the store to make them.

What You’ll Need:

• sugar
• vanilla extract
• oil
• sour cream
• eggs
• all purpose flour
• cocoa powder
• cornstarch
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• whole milk
• butter
• powdered sugar
• cocoa powder
• vanilla extract
• heavy whipping cream
• chocolate chips
• parchment circles

All the ingredients are very simple and easy to find at your local grocery store OR already in your kitchen ready to go. They are simple ingredients but together make such a delicious fun recipe and I’m so excited for you to try them out.

Let’s Get Started!!

Cassidy Morris

Frosted Animal Cracker Sugar Cookies

Childhood in cookie form, these Frosted Animal Cracker Cookies are soft, chewy and have the perfect crunch from the sprinkles. They are fun, cute and nostalgic and so such an easy recipe to make. Perfect as a birthday party dessert or weeknight indulgence. These colorful sprinkle sugar cookies are a copycat crumb cookie recipe but they're even better than the real thing!!

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Servings: 30 cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

For Sugar Cookies:

• 1 cup butter 2 sticks softened, unsalted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups flour all purpose
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup nonpareil rainbow sprinkles

For Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp milk

Topping:

• + nonpareil rainbow sprinkles
• frosted animal crackers

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream your butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add your vanilla extract, egg, and egg yolk in stir until well combined.
4. Add your flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Stir until just combined.
5. Pour in about 3/4ths of your rainbow sprinkles (reserving the rest for the tops of your cookies) and stir in until evenly distributed.
6. Using a cookie scoop, scoop your cookie dough into 1-2 inch balls and place on your baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Top each cookie with more rainbow sprinkles before baking.
8. Bake in the oven at 350 F for 8-10 minutes until edges start to brown.
9. Remove from oven, use a round glass or cookie cutter to scoot around the edges of the cookies to make them round and thicker. Let cool.
10. Make your glaze by mixing your milk and powdered sugar together until thickens and reaches your desired consistency.
11. Add a small dollop in the middle of each cookie and top with a frosted animal cracker and more sprinkles.
12. Serve, share & Enjoy!!

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