Christmas M&M Cookies
Christmas M&M Cookies are a delicious homemade cookies studded with chocolate chips and holiday M&M cookies. These are an easy holiday cookie that is bursting with sweet chocolate flavor in each bite.
Servings 36 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ cup 1 stick of butter, softened
- 1 cup of brown sugar packed
- ½ cup of granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 ½ teaspoon of vanilla
- ½ cup of chocolate chips
- 1 ¼ cups of red and green M&M’s divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Using a stand mixer, or a hand mixer, cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar, until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix until well combined. Scrap down the side of the bowl as needed.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients to cookie batter, and mix until just combined.
- Using a rubber spatula, or a wooden spoon, stir in 1 cup of M&Ms and chocolate chips.
- Use a medium-sized cookie scoop, and scoop out the dough into balls, place them on the cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Use the remaining ¼ cup of the M&Ms and press them on top of the dough balls.
- Bake for 10-12 min. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack for 5 min.