Chewy Oatmeal M&M Cookies
I found a recipe for these chewy oatmeal m&m cookies on Sally’s Baking Adventures and knew they would make a terrific school lunch treat. The cookies were super easy to make, smelled wonderful while they baked, and put a huge smile on my kids’ faces.
How to Make Chewy Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Using a hand mixer, cream the butter and both brown and white sugars together for 1 minute until creamy and smooth. Add the egg, vanilla, and molasses; beat until well combined.
In a separate bowl, stir the oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together until well combined. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until combined. Add the m&m’s and stir to combine. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes to prevent the cookies from spreading too much while baking.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Scoop spoonfuls (about 1 ½ tbsp) of the dough onto the baking sheet placing them 2 inches apart.
Place into the oven and bake for 9-11 minutes, or until set.
Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle extra m&m’s on top of each cookie, if desired. Don’t overload them but this will make the cookies look extra pretty. Allow them to set for 5 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Serve with ice-cold milk and enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ tbsp molasses
- 1 ½ cups oats
- ¾ cup flour
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup mini m&m's, plus a few more for after baking, if desired
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer, cream the butter and both brown and white sugars together for 1 minute until creamy and smooth.
- Add the egg, vanilla, and molasses; beat until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, stir the oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until combined.
- Add the m&m's and stir to combine.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes to prevent the cookies from spreading too much while baking.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop spoonfuls (about 1 ½ tbsp) of the dough onto the baking sheet placing them 2 inches apart.
- Place into the oven and bake for 9-11 minutes, or until set.
- Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle extra m&m's on top of each cookie, if desired. Don’t overload them but this will make the cookies look extra pretty.
- Allow them to set for 5 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Serve with ice-cold milk and enjoy.
I love both crunchy and chewy cookies. These look fantastic with m&m.
Love oatmeal cookies. And I can never resist M&Ms. Ever. So I couldn’t resist these cookies! But you wouldn’t want me to, would you? 🙂 Good stuff — thanks.
It looks to me as if this ticks all the boxes: sweet, but not too sweet, oats so a little bit healthy, chocolate because, well, chocolate, and delicious! I’m sure they were a nice welcome home from school treat!
Sally has the best cookie recipes. I need to try this!
What temperature do you bake these at?
Ashley,
350 degrees. Thanks for letting me know it was missing. I have corrected the recipe.
-Pam