BEST M&M Christmas Cookies
Loaded with your favorite holiday chocolate candies (M&Ms), these Christmas-inspired cookies are chewy, chocolaty and absolutely delicious! Perfect for your holiday baking, cookie exchange and as an edible Christmas gift!
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup quick-cooking oats, (simply replace with all flour if you don’t have oats at hand or prefer all flour cookies)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 cup M&M's Holiday Milk Chocolate Christmas Candies
Instructions
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. You can use 2 baking sheets so the cookies aren’t cramped in one. Mix the flour, quick-cooking oats (if using), salt, ground cinnamon, and baking soda. Set aside.
- Cream the softened butter with the sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat just until combined.
- Adjusting the speed to low, slowly add the flour mixture and stir lightly until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks.
- Using a big cookie scoop, spoon the cookie dough and place in the prepared baking sheet spacing them about 2 inches apart. You’d be able to produce about 16 pieces. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Chill the cookies in the refrigerator as you wait for the oven to heat up.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes or just until brown on the edges though still looking pale in the middle. Do not overbake. Allow to cool in the sheet for 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a rack to cool completely. So yummy to eat while still warm-ish. If not eating right away, keep the cookies in an airtight container. It retains a moist and chewy quality even after a day or two though am sure it will be gone during the first day! Guaranteed.
Notes
TIPS & TRICKS
If you like really tall and more cake-like cookies, place the cookie dough in the refrigerator and chill for about an hour. Bake it directly from the fridge. You need to adjust the baking time and add maybe add a couple of minutes or until the cookies are browned on the edges but still pale-looking in the middle.
Nutrition
Calories: 167kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 158mgPotassium: 35mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 46IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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