M&M Cookies

Chewy brown sugar chocolate chip cookies topped with M&M's before baking. Makes 3 dozen.

From the recipe book of Sandra Mills, a Le Cordon Bleu-trained cook in our family.

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Cook 12 min
  • Total 27 min
  • Yield 3 dozen cookies

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Sandra Mills's M&M cookies are a chewy brown sugar chocolate chip cookie with four or five M&M's pressed on top of each one before baking, so the colors stay bright. Watch them carefully; they bake fast.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup margarine or butter
  • 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 (6 ounce) bag chocolate chips
  • M&M's, for the tops

Instructions

  1. Mix. Mix the margarine, vanilla, eggs and brown sugar.
  2. Add. Add the flour, baking soda and chocolate chips.
  3. Shape. Spoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, leaving space in between. Place 4 or 5 M&M's on top of each unbaked cookie.
  4. Bake. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, watching carefully. Makes 3 dozen.

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