Ultimate M & M Cookies

HokiesLady's Note:

This is from an M&M's recipe booklet I picked up somewhere. This does not use peanut butter like a lot of other recipes on this site with M&M's. I hope you like them.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 18

Yield: 36.0 cookies

• 1 cup butter , softened
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8; teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) bag miniature M&M's chocolate candies
• ¾ cup nuts , chopped (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
3. Stir in M&M's (and nuts if using).
4. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
5. Bake 10-12 minutes in a 350F oven. (They should be lightly browned and centers still soft. Do not overbake or they will become flat and crisp after cooling).
6. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Reviews

[Chef # 2089057]

NOM NOM NOM! These are delicious and chewy and soft and so delicious! I LOVE This recipe!!!

[mommyoffour]

Yummy cookie recipe. We made these for our 2010 cookie trays for the holidays and everyone loved them. We used red and green m&m's and they looked so festive. These cookied were soft and full of flavor. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, its definately a recipe I will pull out all year long.

[linguinelisa]

These are terrific! I used a bag of regular sized dark M&M's and they worked out great.