Ultimate M & M Cookies

Submitted by HokiesMom

"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."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 36 cookies
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) bag miniature M&M's chocolate candies
• 3⁄4 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

[Stephanie S.]

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.

 

[happynana]

Made these cookies to take to my grandsons today and we sampled a few of them:) I did not add the nuts because of the boys. I only added 3/4 of the bag and glad that I did because for us the full bag would have been too much for us. I used a tablespoon for measuring and I made 3 dozen cookies. It took min 12 minutes in the oven. Thanks for sharing!

 

[gertc96]

These were good and the kids loved helping me make them. It keep our minds off things as Hurrican Ike was getting closer to us. I did find they were a little to sweet though. Thanks for sharing this super easy cookie recipe.

 

[CookingONTheSide]

These are wonderful! Both of my sons just love M&M cookies so I am glad to have found this recipe. They loved them. I used the full-size M&Ms because that's what I always have on hand. They were delicious and I will make these again.

 

[CoffeeB]

Since I had a hard time hiding the M&M's from DS's for making this recipe, I knew these would be a great treat for all. A great keeper recipe Mel. I've never made M&M cookies b/f and I"m sure it won't be the last. The only thing different I did was used full size plain M&M's. Couldn't find the mini's, though after thinking about it and looking later, discovered they were in the baking aisle. Duh.... Made for NewestZaarTag~