M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
Servings: 12 servings
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)
- 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 degrees 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.
- 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.
- Cookies will keep in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to one week or frozen up to six months.
- Uncooked dough will keep in a tightly sealed container for five days or frozen for three months.
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.