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M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
These M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are quick, easy and totally satisfying. They're fun and adds color to regular chocolate chip cookies.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 1 large Egg
- ½ cup Brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup Granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups All-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Instant vanilla pudding mix, unprepared
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt, or to taste
- ¾ cup M&Ms, plus additional for adding to tops
- ½ cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus additional for adding to tops
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium until creamed. This should take 3-4 minutes. If using a stand mixer use paddle attachment on medium-high speed.
- Add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined. (This should take about 1 minute)
- Gently fold in the M&Ms and chocolate chips once the dough is mixed.
- Using a larger cookie scoop or your hands, form 12 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly.
- Place balls of uncooked dough on a large tray then cover with plastic wrap.
- Chill dough in fridge for 3 hours. Do not skip this step. Unchilled dough will fall flat in the oven.
- Preheat oven to 350℉ when there's about 10 minutes left for the dough to chill. and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Place dough in balls on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart. Bake for about 10 to 11 minutes.
- Edges should be firm and tops should be just set.
- Press more chocolate into the soft tops, if you'd like.
- Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to completely cool on cookie sheet.
Christina's Notes
- Add Nuts: Try using a tsp or two of pecans, walnuts or almonds in these soft and chewy cookies.
- Tip: After you have rolled the dough into balls go back with a few extra M&Ms and Chocolate chips and place them around the outside, Then when the cookies settle in the oven they will remain visible. This gives your cookies almost bakery style look.
- Baking: Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool.
- Different M&M's: Try crispy, peanut butter, or caramel or other great flavors. Use different colors for different holidays such as pink and white for valentine's day or pastels for Easter.