Chewy M&M Sugar Cookies:
recipe source: Tracey’s Culinary Adventures
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar + 1/3 cup for rolling
- 2 oz. cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces (I used light cream cheese and it came out great)
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and still warm
- 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 Tbsp. milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1-1 1/4 cups M&M Candies
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine 1 1/2 cups of sugar and cream cheese in a large bowl (no need to stir them together yet). Put the remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a pie plate and set aside. Pour the warm butter over the cream cheese mixture and whisk to combine – the mixture won’t be completely smooth yet, that’s fine. Whisk in the oil then the egg, milk and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
Use a rubber spatula to start folding the dry ingredients into the wet. When the dry ingredients are partially incorporated, add 3/4 cup of the M&M’s to the dough. Continue mixing until a soft dough comes together. (Don’t wait to add the M&M’s until the dry ingredients are completely incorporated – you’ll end up overmixing.)
Portion the dough onto the prepared baking sheets with a cookie scoop, using about 2 tablespoons for each cookie. Working quickly (if you handle the dough too much you’re more likely to wind up with flat cookies), roll the dough into a ball with your hands then roll in the sugar set aside in the pie plate previously. Repeat until you’ve used all of the dough, placing 12 cookies on each baking sheet. Use the bottom of a glass to flatten the dough balls into discs that are about 2 inches in diameter. Gently press 2 or 3 more M&M’s into the top of each cookie. (I waited to press the candies in until after they were cooked because otherwise the M&M’s melted a bit and cracked, which wasn’t as pretty 🙂
Bake the cookies, 1 tray at a time, for about 11-13 minutes, or until the edges are set. The tops will be puffy and slightly cracked. Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack (press in 2-3 M&M’s now…) and let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes then transfer them to the rack to cool completely.
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These look so good! I cant wait to make these with my boys! 🙂
Mmmmmmm…. these look so yummy! And there goes my diet, again! Thank you for leaving a sweet comment on my beachy living room 🙂
These look amazing! I love a soft and chewy cookie and you can’t go wrong with M&Ms. I just saved this one for a future Cookie Time Tuesday recipe–thank you.
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Ok – I just couldn’t do it. I have this goal to still eat my sweets while on my diet (ok – eating healthy for life plan..ha ha)So I changed the sugar to the zero calorie sweetener I have (Xylitol). It made the calories only 133 per cookie and it isn’t too sweet. Problem is the kids didn’t like them – only my husband and I. Looks like I will have to make another batch for them tomorrow! 🙂 Great recipe!
I adore M & M cookies! I definitely prefer soft chewy cookies to crunchy. I happen to have M & M”s in the pantry….hmmm will have to make these!
Those cookies look awesome!! I love chewy sugar cookies and ones with m&m’s are even better!!!
These look fantastic! One of my favorite combinations!
I also got the recipe from Tracey’s Culinary Adventures, and I made them last Saturday to take to a BBQ…O.M.G.!!!!!! These are the BEST tasting cookies, EVER! If anyone is debating on making these, don’t. Go make them NOW! You will not be disappointed! 🙂
We are also big M&M lovers and sugar cookie lovers, so this recipe is just for us!! Thanks for sharing. We appreciate you linking up to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. We hope you’ll be back soon! -The Sisters
Jen,
Maybe I’ll just camp out here and make recipes from you blog all day! I’m making these too, woohoo. They look super yummy! I love the baby hand in the picture. I’m now following on FB and Pinterest (my addiction too) Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe on Creative Thursday. I can’t wait to see what you link up next. Have a great week.
Michelle
Baking cookies is my passion! wow that picture is so delicious, it makes me wipe drool! yummy and simply delicious cookie!
thanks for sharing this recipe