M&M Cookies
We had friends come over for dinner, and I wanted to whip up a quick and easy dessert to please everyone. My children had a ton of M&M’s leftover from their Christmas stockings, so I raided their stash and baked some cookies. Thankfully, my kids didn’t mind me taking their candy, especially since they loved these tasty treats!
M&M Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups of M&M’s, divided
How to Make M&M Cookies:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat mat.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
Beat the melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla with a hand mixer until creamy.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until just mixed.
Stir in most of the M&M’s by hand.
Drop by the spoonful onto a greased or lined baking sheet.
Push more M&M’s into the top of each cookie.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the edges look golden brown.
Cool on the baking sheet for at least 4-5 minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup butter melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups of M&M's divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat mat.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
- Beat the melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla with a hand mixer until creamy.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until just mixed.
- Stir in most of the M&M's by hand.
- Drop by the spoonful onto a greased or lined baking sheet.
- Push more M&M's into the top of each cookie.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the edges look golden brown.
- Cool on the baking sheet for at least 4-5 minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy.
There’s nothing wrong with adding a healthy component to cookies. My kids love M&Ms in cookies, too!
DELICIOUS! These look soso tasty, thanks for sharing.
Carissa xx
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Pam these look great! I love the look of your new site!
Pam!! I LOVE the new site! It looks fantastic. Now I’m going to be even more impatient for that recipe index. 😉
These look delicious Pam 🙂
I LOVE M&M cookies…. great recipe! Might be making these very very soon 🙂
The new site looks wonderful Great job, Pam.
Super cute and always a crowd pleaser
I make these all the time but, mine never seem to come out this pretty! 🙂 Great recipe!
(a) LOVE the new look! I’m switching over to wordpress soon also and can’t wait!
(b) You just can’t go wrong with M&M’s in cookies. you just can’t!
I love these! My best friends grandma used to make us a batch of these cookies before we went on an airplane. Delish! And addicting….
Woww.. Looks super perfect and colorful.. thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂
Indian Cuisine
They look very nice and i supose they are very tasty.I will try this recipe.
These cookies look so pretty and must be delicious too..
I think ill try these over the weekend;)
The new website looks almost as tasty as the cookies!
About how many cookies does this batch make?
And random question… Do you have to spray silicone muffin tins when baking with them?
Ruth,
It made 20-22 cookies (I can’t remember the exact number). Also, I don’t use silicone muffin tins but when I use my silpat mat to bake cookies I never spray it with cooking spray. I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Pam
HEY! I’m making these right now – and they look nothing like yours 🙁 They aren’t flattening out like yours – and they’ve been in for 17 mins and do not look done 🙁
Any clue on what I did wrong?
Thanks!
Jamie
Just figured it out – I used too much flour (3 cups)! I thought it said 1 and 1/2 whole wheat and 1 and 1/2 white. I did 3 cups of white. UGH – I wonder if there is anyway to rectify the second batch…
Oh no!!! I am so sorry they didn’t turn out. Do try to make them again because they were a huge hit with the kids!
Cheers,
Pam
this look yummy, i must try and i think my son will love it 😀
i dont have any vanilla extract..would it make a difference if i dont add any at all?
Alexandria,
Although I love the flavor of the added vanilla, I am sure the cookies will be tasty without it. I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Pam
First time I’ve ever made cookies and damn they are tasty!! I used only white sugar not sure how different that would make it but still mucho TASTY!!! Thanks!