Red and green chocolate candies give these fluffy, chewy, buttery treats a festive pop in my M&M Cookies! Know the secret to why these cookies are amazing!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword How To Make M&M Cookies, M&M Cookies, M&M Cookies Recipe, Soft Batch Christmas M & M Cookies
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 33 minutesminutes
Servings 2dozens
Calories 171kcal
Author Kathleen
Ingredients
1cupM&M's
3/4cup(1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter,softened
3/4cupbrown sugarfirmly packed
1/4cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
2teaspoonsvanilla
2cupsall-purpose flour
2teaspoonscornstarch
1teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Chop 1/2 cup of M & M's coarsely and set aside.
In a large bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer, cream together butter and both sugars. Mix in egg and vanilla.
Add flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt and mix until just combined. Stir in chopped M & M's.
Use a cookie scoop (1 tablespoon size ) to form dough into balls and space evenly on a greased or Silpat lined cookie sheet. Press 4-5 M&M's into the face of each dough ball. Bake for 8-10 minutes or just until the edges start to brown.
Notes
These cookies will be baked when the center just loses that wet look and the edges begin to brown.