Let's take it easy and have a little fun, shall we? I think it's always fun when sprinkles are involved. It just brings out the kid in me and makes me smile.
No shocker, I grew up loving ice cream. It's still one of my favorite things on earth. And sprinkles - of course, I loved sprinkles on my ice cream (I'm particularly partial to nonpareils) but I'd never had sprinkles in my ice cream - or in my cake or cupcake, for that matter - growing up. The whole world of confetti, funfetti, or birthday cake flavored ice cream and baked goods is a relatively new phenomenon to me but it's something kids like my son are very familiar with. The kids love it and who can blame them!
This is actually my first foray into the world of funfetti, and maybe there's no going back now. It's just too much fun.
It all started the other day with a small batch recipe of butter cookies from Dessert for Two. It doesn't need to be Christmas for us to make butter cookies, right? I wanted to make a small treat for my son and a handful of butter cookies sounded like just the thing. But instead of just making a handful of funfetti butter cookies, I split that small recipe up even further and made half with sprinkles and the other half with mini chocolate chips. Old habits (i.e., adding chocolate to everything) die hard.
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| A small batch of butter cookies broken down further into two varieties |
In my twisted mind, I feel some reluctance - something like guilt - at the idea of stirring sprinkles into cookies. Yet I have no such qualms about chocolate. I also thought it would be fun to have options and frankly, chocolate chips are a safe bet.
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| Butter cookie dough with either sprinkles or miniature chocolate chips |
You could use this recipe to make 6 thicker cookies or divide it into 8 cookies like I did. I ended up with a nice little batch of butter cookies.
I shouldn't have been surprised that my little one liked the sprinkle-laden ones best (though he had no problems devouring the chocolate ones either). I agree they are fun to look at but my husband and I went for the chocolate chip ones first.
My son had a week of statewide testing at school last week. Aside from making sure he got a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast in the morning, I wanted a treat for him after school. I think of it as something like the 'work hard, play hard' philosophy; eat well most of the time and enjoy treats as well. These butter cookies with ice cream were one of the treats and they certainly did bring a big smile to his face as he told me about his day.
It all started the other day with a small batch recipe of butter cookies from Dessert for Two. It doesn't need to be Christmas for us to make butter cookies, right? I wanted to make a small treat for my son and a handful of butter cookies sounded like just the thing. But instead of just making a handful of funfetti butter cookies, I split that small recipe up even further and made half with sprinkles and the other half with mini chocolate chips. Old habits (i.e., adding chocolate to everything) die hard.
I shouldn't have been surprised that my little one liked the sprinkle-laden ones best (though he had no problems devouring the chocolate ones either). I agree they are fun to look at but my husband and I went for the chocolate chip ones first.
My son had a week of statewide testing at school last week. Aside from making sure he got a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast in the morning, I wanted a treat for him after school. I think of it as something like the 'work hard, play hard' philosophy; eat well most of the time and enjoy treats as well. These butter cookies with ice cream were one of the treats and they certainly did bring a big smile to his face as he told me about his day.
