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M&M Cookies Recipe
These M&M cookies are festive, soft and chewy, and loaded with goodies. Bonus: both the dough and baked cookies freeze beautifully.
👥 40 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 28 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 8 min👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- oven
- baking sheet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Mix
2
In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together well and set aside.
baking soda1 teaspoon
3
Beat
4
In bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and sugar on medium high, until light and fluffy. Add pudding mix and beat until incorporated. Add eggs and vanilla extract, blending well.
large eggs2vanilla extract2 teaspoons
5
Fold
6
Slowly add in the flour mixture. Using rubber spatula, fold dry and wet ingredients together just until fully incorporated. Add the white chips and 1/2 cup M&Ms and mix into the dough. If it gets too hard to mix, use clean hands.
7
Make Dough
8
Gently work in 3 TB sprinkles, taking care not to manipulate the dough too much, which may result in the bleeding of sprinkle colors.
Sprinkles (optional)
9
Chill
10
Dough will be a bit sticky. Cover tightly and chill in fridge for at least ⏱️ 1 hour or overnight.
11
Preheat Oven
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Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
13
Form Dough Balls
14
Form 1-inch balls* of dough and lightly press down on dough balls to form 1/2 inch rounds. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
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Sprinkle on more of the colored sprinkles on top (or lightly roll cookie tops in a bowl of sprinkles.) Press on the remaining 1/2 cup of M&M's on top of each dough round.
Sprinkles (optional)M&M's (your choice of colors, divided)1 cup
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Bake about ⏱️ 8 minutes or just until edges look golden brown. Cookies may seem slightly underdone, but they will firm up upon cooling. Don't over bake.
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Cool on baking sheet about ⏱️ 10 minutes, and remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts
calories
102 kcal
fat Content
6.7 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
0.7 g
sugar Content
6.5 g
sodium Content
75.6 mg
protein Content
1.2 g
cholesterol Content
22.4 mg
carbohydrate Content
10.3 g
saturated Fat Content
3.9 g
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