Preheat oven to 350 line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric mixer.
Add in eggs, vanilla, and instant pudding mix. Continue mixing until thoroughly incorporated.
In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time mixing between additions until all the flour is incorporated.
Place jimmies in a shallow bowl or dish.
Scoop out dough in tablespoon size scoops. Roll dough into a ball. Place into dish of jimmies and roll around pressing lightly until the dough ball is covered evenly with sprinkles.
Place on baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until set and lightly golden brown around the edges.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
Add Icing: Decorate with a drizzle of chocolate or icing or dip into chocolate to create elevated cookies.
Sparkle: Feel free to use edible foils or glitter sprinkles to make these cookies the stars of the show. Perfect for facebook or pinterest.
Bake Hints: Always use cool trays to keep dough from spreading.
Flavored Sprinkles: For even more flavor try flavored sprinkles, they really up the flavor of your sprinkle cookies.