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Red, White & Blue Confetti Cookies

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So 4th of July isn’t really my thing. After all, I’m English. I do like having the day off work though and I’ve lived here for almost 17 years so I guess it isn’t all bad. I don’t really celebrate it though. I don’t make much of an effort to do things or go to parties. I’ve been to the Blues festival here in Portland a couple of times and I’ll watch the fireworks, but that’s about it. I mostly just enjoy a day of doing absolutely nothing!

When we first moved here we got invited to 4th of July festivities and my family would roll up and “The British are coming” chants started. I think people also walked around calling us redcoats. Those were the days.

Anyway, I figured it was probably about time I had a dedicated 4th of July recipe on the blog so I’ve got these cookies for ya. I’ve been spending some time at my friend’s apartment and basically went across the street, grabbed a couple ingredients (hello, red, white & blue sprinkles) and got to work. I was originally making something else, but they turned out…subpar. So that idea was scratched in place of these little patriotic pillows.

These are adapted from Joy the Baker’s vanilla bean confetti cookies. Roll the balls of dough in any leftover sprinkles you have, or just leave them with a confetti explosion inside. I ran out of sprinkles (I only bought a very small amount) and was quite honestly too lazy to go across the street and get more so I think 6 or 7 got rolled in sprinkles and the rest were au natural. Both are delicious though. I mean, you can’t go wrong with sprinkles!

So my friends, grab some patriotic sprinkles and get baking! Happy 4th!


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1 thought on “Red, White & Blue Confetti Cookies”

  • I am chuckling reading this post!!! I cannot believe it has been 17 years since I first met you, Charley, and Matt. ? Our British friends in England always told us
    they DID celebrate the 4th of July….that’s when they no longer had America to worry about. Happy 4th anyway, Bryony. I’ll make your cookies later today after our parade. ???????

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