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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Nov 17, 2009
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Bring bright smiles to your family's faces after dinner with a colorful assortment of melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies.

Rainbow Sprinklers

  • Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
  • Total 1 hr 15 min
  • Servings 72
  • Ingredients 9
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • About 1 1/2 cups assorted Betty Crocker™ colored sugars or candy decors
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, stir sugar, butter, shortening and eggs with spoon until mixed. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
  • Step 
    2
    Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Roll balls in colored sugar until coated. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls about 2 inches apart.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until centers are almost set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Nutrition

80 Calories
3g Total Fat
0g Protein
12g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
80
Calories from Fat
25
Total Fat
3g
4%
Saturated Fat
1g
5%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
35mg
2%
Potassium
20mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
12g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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