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Chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite types of cookies, but replacing the chocolate chips for chocolate M&M candy makes these cookies so much better. These cookies are soft and chewy with chocolaty M&Ms in every bite. The cookie dough is also a great make ahead cookie dough, you can roll the dough into balls and before baking them place them into large plastic bags. The cookie dough will stay fresh in the freezer for up to 2-3 months. Making it easy to bake fresh homemade cookies at a moments notice.
The cookie dough for these uses both granulated sugar and brown sugar mixed with softened butter. Eggs and vanilla extract are added into the butter mixture until it is smooth. Add in a mixture of flour, salt and baking soda in three separate additions into the butter mixture. After each addition, scrape the sides of the bowl ensuring that all of the flour mixture is fully incorporated into the mixture. Using a spatula, gently fold the M&Ms into the cookie dough. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least one hour. Chilling the dough before baking keeps the cookies from spreading out too much in the oven. Roll the dough into balls using either a cookie scoop or your hands and place them 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until the cookies are golden browned.
Chewy M&M Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups M&Ms
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. In a large bowl using either a hand or a stand mixer, beat softened butter with both granulated sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla extract to the butter mixture. Continue to beat until smooth. In three separate additions, add in the flour mixture beating after each addition until fully incorporated.
- Gently fold in M&Ms with a spatula. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least one hour. Using a cookie scoop or your hands, roll the cookie dough into small balls and place 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes.