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Pan-Banging Funfetti Cookies

This recipe was adapted from Sarah Kieffer's The Vanilla Bean Blog.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword 100 cookies, baking, birthday, bundt cakes, Cookies, cute, funfetti, homemade, pan-banging, rainbow jimmies, sarah kieffer, sprinkles
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoons clear imitation vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 6 ounces rainbow jimmies

Instructions

  • Adjust an oven rack to the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 3 baking sheets with aluminum foil, dull side up
  • In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, beat the butter on medium until creamy. Add the granulated and brown sugars and beat on medium until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and water and mix on low to combine. Add the flour mixture and mix on low until combined. Add the rainbow jimmies and mix on low into the batter.
  • Form the dough into 3½-ounce (100g) balls (a heaping 1/3 cup each). Place 4 balls an equal distance apart on a prepared pan and transfer to the freezer for 15 minutes before baking (If you don't have space for the whole sheet pan, you can place them on a plate instead!). After you put the first baking sheet in the oven, put the second one in the freezer.
  • Place the chilled baking sheet in the oven and bake 10 minutes, until the cookies are puffed slightly in the center. Lift the side of the baking sheet up about 4 inches and gently let it drop down against the oven rack, so the edges of the cookies set and the inside falls back down (this will feel wrong, but trust me). After the cookies puff up again in 2 minutes, repeat lifting and dropping the pan. Repeat a few more times to create ridges around the edge of the cookie. Bake 16 to 18 minutes total, until the cookies have spread out and the edges are golden brown but the centers are much lighter and not fully cooked.
  • Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely before removing the cookies from the pan.