THE ORIGINAL M&M COOKIES RECIPE

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An old standby recipe that has been made in thousands of households over the years! Now that M&Ms are available in colors appropriate for most all the holidays - red and white at Valentine's Day, pastels at Easter - you can make this original M&M cookie recipe your go-to holiday cookie recipe using the holiday M&Ms appropriate...

Provided by star pooley

Categories     Cookies

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 c butter, softened
1 c brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 2/3 c m&ms (reserve 1/2 cup for decorating)

Steps:

  • 1. Position one of your oven racks in the middle of your oven and preheat your oven to 375F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper for best results. Otherwise, use ungreased cookie sheets.
  • 2. In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda until well blended.
  • 3. 3.In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter (or shortening) and sugars with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy (This will take several minutes). Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to make sure everything is well blended.
  • 4. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until creamy; Stir in flour mixture with a wooden spoon just until blended; Stir in 1 1/2 cups M&Ms.
  • 5. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Press several additional M&Ms into each cookie.
  • 6. Bake one cookie sheet at a time in the middle rack of the oven for 9 to 12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown around the edges and just set in the center.
  • 7. Remove from the oven and transfer the cookies with a thin metal spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.

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