Sand Art Cookies

Submitted by Starrynews

"A friend of mine received this recipe and a jar containing all of the dry ingredients as a gift, and we made it together. It was a great gift - delicious and easy to make with the mix. So if you want to use this as a mix, just put all of the ingredients except for the butter and egg in layers in a jar and give it with the recipe. Otherwise, you can just enjoy them at home."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup M&M's plain chocolate candy
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup crisp rice cereal

directions

1. Melt butter and stir in egg.
2. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
3. Form 1" balls and place 2" apart on greased cookie sheets.
4. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes.

Reviews

[sofie-a-toast]

Wonderfully flavored, and I loved the crunch/texture of the rice cereal and oats. I doubled this recipe to take to a study session and everyone loved them! Next time I would decrease the amount of M&Ms and chocolate chips (didn't think I would ever say that) because they kinda took over the dough and made it difficult to roll/bake in one piece. Otherwise, delightful recipe!

 

[katew]

These are just fabulous and turned out looking like I had purchased them from Mrs Field herself. I did not cook my first tray long enough but the second tray was just perfect - addictively so !!!!!

 

[Lavender Lynn]

I could see making several batches of these to the jar stage and displaying them as a warm decoration and a half-made snack. Our DS22 finished it off to cookies, and they were enjoyed and went quickly. The dough was a bit dry and crumbly and didn't form well, but it fused together during baking and left a colorful, playful, and tasty cookie.

 

[Debbwl]

Wow! I love these cookies for so many reasons. They can be layered in a jar for a gift. They are supper easy to make, and not only look good but also taste supper good. Made these for DH’s work and they were a huge hit. A big thank you for the post.