M&M Cookie Recipe

Skip the chocolate chips and make this colorful m&m cookie recipe for your next family get together.  Change the color of m&m’s to match any occasion.

Cookies are one of my family’s favorite treats.  The kids especially love cookies if they get to help make the cookies.  So when I decided to make this M&M Cookie recipe, I knew I’d have lots of little hands to help me.

What I like about this m&m cookie recipe is that you can change up the color of the m&ms for any occasion.  Since Easter is just around the corner, we used the pastel Easter bag of m&ms for these cookies.  Luckily most of the m&ms made it to the cookies and not in my kids tummies. 🙂

M&M Cookie Recipe

Yield: 3 dozen

M&M Cookie Recipe

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A sweet and chewy cookie that can be switched up for any occasion

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 cup m&m candies

Instructions

1. In a big bowl with mixing paddle, cream together butter, shortening and sugars.
2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Add dry ingredients and mix until all combined.
4. Add m&ms and mix on low or hand mix until all combined.
5. Scoop onto cookie sheets and add more m&ms if desired.
6. Bake 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes.

You can see those cute hands being so helpful during and of course after the cookies are made. 🙂

Does your family have a favorite treat?  If you like cookies like my family, try some of these other recipes.

Sugar Cookies

Monster Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Happy Baking!

Liz