Confetti Cookies

Confetti Cookies takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes from beginning to end. One serving contains 393 calories, 5g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe serves 15 and costs 49 cents per serving. This recipe from Serious Eats requires granulated sugar, milk powder, sugar, and flour. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 274 would say it hit the spot. It works well as a very affordable hor d'oeuvre. Overall, this recipe earns a not so great spoonacular score of 24%. Confetti Cookies for Two, Confetti Cookies, and Confetti Cookies are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 15

 

Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) baking powder

1 teaspoon (6 grams) baking soda

16 tablespoons (225 grams, 2 sticks) butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup (90 grams) cake flour

2 teaspoons (9 grams) cream of tartar

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups (400 grams) flour

1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar

1/4 cup (40 grams) grapeseed oil

1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) kosher salt

1 1/2 tablespoons (25 grams) light brown sugar, lightly packed

2/3 cup (50 grams) milk powder

2 tablespoons (20 grams) rainbow sprinkles

1 1/2 cups (300 grams) sugar

1 tablespoon (12 grams) clear vanilla extract

Equipment:

oven

stand mixer

bowl

frying pan

spatula

ice cream scoop

plastic wrap

Cooking instruction summary:

Procedures 1 For the Birthday Cake Crumb: Heat the oven to 300°F. 2 Combine the sugars, flour, baking powder, salt, and sprinkles in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low speed until well combined. 3 Add the oil and vanilla and paddle again to distribute. The wet ingredients will act as glue to help the dry ingredients form small clusters; continue paddling until that happens. 4 Spread the clusters on a parchment- or Silpat-lined sheet pan. Bake for 20 minutes, breaking them up occasionally. The crumbs should still be slightly moist to the touch; they will dry and harden as they cool. 5 Let the crumbs cool completely before using in a recipe or scarfing by the handful. Stored in an airtight container, the crumbs will keep fresh for 1 week at room temperature or 1 month in the fridge or freezer. 6 For the Confetti Cookies Combine the butter, sugar, and glucose in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and cream together on medium-high for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the eggs and vanilla, and beat for 7 to 8 minutes.   7 Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour, milk powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and rainbow sprinkles. Mix just until the dough comes together, no longer than 1 minute. (Do not walk away from the machine during this step, or you will risk overmixing the dough.) Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.  8 Still on low speed, add the birthday cake crumbs and mix in for 30 seconds—just until they are incorporated.  9 Using a 2 3/4-ounce ice cream scoop (or a 1/3-cup measure), portion out the dough onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Pat the tops of the cookie dough domes flat. Wrap the sheet pan tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 1 week. Do not bake your cookies from room temperature—they will not bake properly.  10 Heat the oven to 350°F.  11 Arrange the chilled dough a minimum of 4 inches apart on parchment- or Silpat-lined sheet pans. Bake for 18 minutes. The cookies will puff, crackle, and spread. After 18 minutes, they should be very lightly browned on the edges (golden brown on the bottom). The centers will show just the beginning signs of color. Leave the cookies in the oven for an additional minute or so if the colors don’t match and the cookies still seem pale and doughy on the surface.  12 Cool the cookies completely on the sheet pans before transferring to a plate or an airtight container for storage. At room temp, the cookies will keep fresh for 5 days; in the freezer, they will keep for 1 month.

 

Step by step:

For the Birthday Cake Crumb

1. Heat the oven to 300°F.

2. Combine the sugars, flour, baking powder, salt, and sprinkles in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low speed until well combined.

3. Add the oil and vanilla and paddle again to distribute. The wet ingredients will act as glue to help the dry ingredients form small clusters; continue paddling until that happens.

4. Spread the clusters on a parchment- or Silpat-lined sheet pan.

5. Bake for 20 minutes, breaking them up occasionally. The crumbs should still be slightly moist to the touch; they will dry and harden as they cool.

6. Let the crumbs cool completely before using in a recipe or scarfing by the handful. Stored in an airtight container, the crumbs will keep fresh for 1 week at room temperature or 1 month in the fridge or freezer.

7. For the Confetti Cookies

8. Combine the butter, sugar, and glucose in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and cream together on medium-high for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the eggs and vanilla, and beat for 7 to 8 minutes.  

9. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour, milk powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and rainbow sprinkles.

10. Mix just until the dough comes together, no longer than 1 minute. (Do not walk away from the machine during this step, or you will risk overmixing the dough.) Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. 

11. Still on low speed, add the birthday cake crumbs and mix in for 30 seconds—just until they are incorporated. 

12. Using a 2 3/4-ounce ice cream scoop (or a 1/3-cup measure), portion out the dough onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Pat the tops of the cookie dough domes flat. Wrap the sheet pan tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 1 week. Do not bake your cookies from room temperature—they will not bake properly. 

13. Heat the oven to 350°F. 

14. Arrange the chilled dough a minimum of 4 inches apart on parchment- or Silpat-lined sheet pans.

15. Bake for 18 minutes. The cookies will puff, crackle, and spread. After 18 minutes, they should be very lightly browned on the edges (golden brown on the bottom). The centers will show just the beginning signs of color. Leave the cookies in the oven for an additional minute or so if the colors don’t match and the cookies still seem pale and doughy on the surface. 

16. Cool the cookies completely on the sheet pans before transferring to a plate or an airtight container for storage. At room temp, the cookies will keep fresh for 5 days; in the freezer, they will keep for 1 month.


Nutrition Information:

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393k Calories
5g Protein
16g Total Fat
56g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
393k
20%

Fat
16g
26%

  Saturated Fat
8g
55%

Carbohydrates
56g
19%

  Sugar
30g
34%

Cholesterol
57mg
19%

Sodium
290mg
13%

Alcohol
0.28g
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
10%

Selenium
14µg
20%

Vitamin B1
0.23mg
15%

Folate
55µg
14%

Vitamin B2
0.21mg
13%

Manganese
0.24mg
12%

Vitamin A
436IU
9%

Phosphorus
84mg
9%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Vitamin E
1mg
8%

Iron
1mg
8%

Potassium
206mg
6%

Calcium
49mg
5%

Vitamin D
0.69µg
5%

Fiber
0.87g
3%

Vitamin B5
0.33mg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.19µg
3%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Zinc
0.45mg
3%

Magnesium
11mg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin K
1µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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