Homemade Jingles Cookies

If you loved Jingles Cookies as a kid, these homemade copycat Jingles Cookies are your chance to bring that holiday nostalgia back. Tender, buttery cookies flavored with a hint of anise and topped with festive red and green sugar crystals, they recreate the classic treat that’s no longer available in stores.

Homemade Jingles, buttery cookie with red and green sprinkles on a green plate

I don't remember many storebought treats from when I was a kid, but I do remember Jingles cookies. I loved dipping them into milk and watching the milk change color from the red and green sugars. My sister and I would fight over the crumbs and the pile of sugar in the bottom of the box.

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Homemade Jingles Cookies

Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter -- softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp pure anise extract
red/green sugar crystal sprinkles

Instructions

Heat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Beat together butter and powdered sugar, add anise. Combine flour, salt & nutmeg, add to butter mixture slowly.
Form into a ball, and place on saran wrap (I like Glad Press N Seal). Roll into a log, secure the ends, and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Cut cookies into 1/4" thick slices and place on parchment. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Cool for 1 to 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then move to wire rack to cool completely.