THE Christmas cookie of choice to have out with a glass of milk (or hot cocoa) for when Santa comes around delivering gifts, these M&M Cookies are irresistibly soft, buttery and melt-in-your-mouth with perfect soft centres.
M&M COOKIES
The best cookies that most of the general population prefer are soft, slightly chewy with crispy, buttery edges and melty chocolate chips (like our popular chocolate chip cookies recipe). The best part about this Christmas cookies recipe is that you don’t need any weird ingredients or chilling time. Simple steps and simple ingredients with ONE added ingredient for a soft and chewy experience in LESS THAN 15 minutes. Done! This is a classic Cookies recipe!
HOW TO MAKE M&M COOKIES
You’re going to start with your butter. Make sure it is softened…the key to the crispy outer, golden edges. Beat together with brown and white sugars until pale in colour. If you’re tempted to stop when the sugars are just mixed in, please keep going! Use an electric mixer if you need too. The mixture should be light and creamy.
THE SECRET TO SOFT M&M COOKIES
We use syrup to get them super soft:
golden syrup rice syrup maple syrup coconut syrup light corn syrup
COOKIE DOUGH
Beat in the vanilla and the egg until just mixed through. Then add the flour, baking soda, and salt. If you can’t hold the dough in your hands or it is too wet to form into cookie dough balls, add a little more flour at a time (by the tablespoonful) until the dough is still soft, but easy to handle. Fold in half of the choc chips and m&m’s with your hands. You don’t want to over-mix! To make jumbo sized M&M cookies: Scoop out 12 balls (about 2 tablespoons of dough) and arrange them at least 3 inches apart. Give them room to spread! For regular sized Christmas cookies as pictured: Scoop out 18-20 cookie dough balls using a 1 tablespoon capacity cookie scoop. Press the remaining candy onto the tops.
BAKING M&M COOKIES
Bake for about 11-12 minutes, then check them. M&M cookies will look pale, puffed up and no where near done! Don’t be fooled! If they are golden around the edges, take them out. DO NOT OVER BAKE! Your cookies will set and harden once they have cooled. You can give the baking sheet a couple of light taps on your counter to deflate them, then leave them to cool on the baking sheet for about 30 minutes.
Soft Christmas cookies.
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