Birthday Cookies

Birthday Cookies are chilled but soft cookies that are loaded with colorful sprinkles both chocolate and white chocolate chips and topped with buttercream frosting. Try my Birthday Blondies for another colorful birthday treat!
Birthday Cookies
Yes a birthday cake is always a treat on your special day but these birthday cookies would also be a sweet treat to share. Both the taste and colorful sprinkles will make everyone smile! I started with the recipe from my Frosted Cookies and Cream Milkshake Cookies and tweaked them just a bit to make them birthdayapproved. And dont forget the homemade buttercream frosting with even more sprinkles! 

Cookies Ingredients
Room Temperature Ingredients Using room temperature ingredients butter shortening eggs will help you get the best results when baking these cookies. Butter is at room temperature at 65F. Dont put it in the microwave to soften it simply cut it up into small pieces and let it sit out if you forgot to take it out of the refrigerator.
Shortening Shortening hydrogenated vegetable oil is any fat or oil that is solid at room temperature. If you have heard of or seen a big can of Crisco that is shortening. It can be stored at room temperature and has a long shelf life. Because shortening is all fat it is hard to make substitutions. If you do have to substitute for shortening your best bet is lard because it is also 100 fat. If using lard in place of shortening use 2 tablespoons less of lard for every one cup of shortening.
Cornstarch Using cornstarch keeps the large cookies together but still soft.
Chocolate Chips I added half of a cup of both semisweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips. Yes you could use all chocolate chips but I highly recommend the white chocolate chips for a more of a birthday cakelike taste.
How to Make Birthday Cookies
All you need is one large mixing bowl a handheld mixer and cookie sheets to get this cookie made. Well you need the ingredients too of course. And it is always somebodys birthday somewhere so these can really be made any day you are craving them! To make the cookie dough first mix together the butter shortening sugar eggs and vanilla with the mixer. Next add the flour cornstarch salt and baking powder. Mix until incorporated.
Finally fold in the sprinkles mini chocolate chips and white chocolate chips by hand. Mix just until they are incorporated