These cookies will put a smile on anyone’s face.

INGREDIENTS

370 g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
1 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup yogurt
215 g sugar
Zest from 1 orange
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Sprinkles

DIRECTIONS

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line two baking large sheets with parchment paper.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk to blend. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat yogurt, butter and sugar, and zest until fluffy. Add egg and extract and blend again. Add flour mixture and beat just until flour disappears. In some cases, this dough will feel too soft to roll into balls in your hands; if so, let it chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or so before using.

Use a small ice cream scoop to make balls of dough and roll them briefly in the palms of your hands before dropping them in a bowl of rainbow sprinkles and gently rolling to coat them evenly. Place the sprinkle covered balls to the fridge for 20 minutes.

Transfer balls to baking sheets at least two inches apart. Use the bottom of a glass to press down on the cookies until they are about a 1/2-inch thick. Bake for 12-15 minutes until they look underbaked but lightly golden underneath.

Let set on the baking sheet on a rack for a few minutes before transferring to cooling racks to cool the rest of the way.