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Today, Luke turns 4 years old (cue tears!!!!)

In honor of his birthday, I thought I would share Luke's favorite cookie recipe.

Luke asks me several times a week to make Sprinkle cookies.

 When I look back on Summer 2016, I will think of Luke & these Sprinkle cookies.

This is the summer he really got into helping me bake...and these Sprinkle Cookies are currently his favorite thing to bake (and eat!)

Here is what you need:

3/4 cup butter, at room temperature ( 1 1/2 sticks of butter)

1 cup  sugar
1 egg, plus 1 yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 (3.4 ounce packet instant vanilla pudding mix)
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sprinkles, plus additional sprinkles for rolling

Add in the egg, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined.

Add the dry pudding mix:

Mix on low for about 1 minute:

Add in the 2 cups of flour and mix for 2-3 minutes on low until combined.

Now, it's SPRINKLE TIME!

Mix in 1/4 cup sprinkles:

We love the non-perils Sprinkles, but you can use any type of sprinkle you want.

Chill the dough in the fridge for 1 hour.

After your dough has been chilled, use a cookie scoop to make balls of dough:

THIS is the cookie scoop I use.

Luke really likes sprinkles, so after I scoop the cookies into balls, I roll them in MORE sprinkles!

You can never have too many Sprinkles...or can you? ;)

Sprinkles make everything better :)

Bake at 350 for 10-11 minutes:

These cookies are SO soft & delicious!

All the sprinkles on these cookies just make me happy :)

YUM.

This recipe makes 2 dozen cookies.  We rolled the first dozen in Sprinkles, but I didn't do that for the 2nd dozen, because I wanted to see how they would turn out. They were still amazing. Kate liked this version better.

I thought they were both delicious :)

I can't wait to make these Sprinkle Sugar Cookies this December with Christmas Sprinkles!

In case you missed yesterday's post, it is my blog's 8th Golden Blogoversary, so I am having a week of giveways! 

Today's giveaway is:

Today, August 9th is National Book Lovers Day, so it's perfect for this giveaway.... 
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Welcome to my 5th Annual Crocktober Crock Pot Recipe Link Up!

 

Here is what you need:

 - Chicken (I shred up a rostire chicken, but you could use 3-4 cooked chicken breasts)

- 3 (14.5 oz) cans of white beans, drained

- Yellow Onion, diced

-1 jar of Green Salsa (I use La Victoria)

- 1 container of Chicken Broth

- 1 can of diced green chilies

-1 small can of diced jalapenos (optional)

- 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

 With a spoon, smash 1 can of the beans:

 Shred up (or cube) your rostisre chicken (or cooked chicken breasts)
OR, you can use my Quick & Easy Shredded Chicken Method {HERE}

 Put the beans, salsa, green chilies, onion, garlic, cumin, pepper, jalapenos (optional) & caynenne pepper (optional) in the crock pot.

 Add the Chicken to the crock pot:

 Add the Chicken Broth to the Crock Pot. Stir ingredients all together:

 This chili is so flavorful! 

 This recipe makes enough for 10-12 servings.

 I hope you love this recipe as much as we do!

Like most of my recipes, it is easy to make! 

It is perfect for busy week nights, especially in the Fall & Winter!

So, you can link up anytime between now & then!

And, be sure and check out what other people have linked up as well. 

That is my favorite part.... checking out what other people have linked up!

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In honor of my 5th Annual Crocktober Link Up, I am giving away a Crock Pot!

One lucky person will win THIS 6 qt Stainless Steel Programmable Crock Pot!

You can keep it for yourself, give it as a present....the holiday season is right around the corner!

 

 And, that's not all....I am also giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card!!

Use the Rafflecopter below to enter!

{Giveaway ends on Sunday November 8th}

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