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Christmas M&M Cookies
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
This Christmas M&M Cookies recipe makes large, and thin cookies, with crisp edges, chewy centers, and Christmas-themed M&M's throughout. Enjoy these classic cookies for the Christmas season or whenever you get a craving! (makes about 22 cookies)
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Christmas M&M Cookies
Hi Everyone, these Christmas M&M Cookies are large, and thin, with crisp edges, chewy centers, and Christmas-themed M&M's throughout.
These cookies remind me of the large M&M cookies that I used to get at the mall when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated, white sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 ½ teaspoons imitation vanilla or the same amount of pure vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (spoon and leveled)
- 1 teaspoon iodized salt or the same amount of kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups Milk Chocolate M&M’s Chocolate Candies in Christmas colors of red & green, if you want, and if it’s easier, you can use 1 bag (10 ounces bag which has 1 ½ cups)
Kitchen Tools
- measuring spoons & cups
- rimmed baking sheet
- stand mixer
- parchment paper or silicone baking mat
- wire cooling rack
How to Make Christmas M&M Cookies
Step 1
Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees Celcius). Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
Step 2
Cream the butter & sugar: In a stand mixer, add the unsalted butter and then the sugar, and using the paddle attachment, cream the ingredients together. Add the 2 eggs and vanilla extract and mix them together.
Step 3
Mix the dry ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, add the all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and whisk together.
Add the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture in 4-5 parts, mixing in between. Gently fold in half the Christmas (red & green) M&M's.
Reserve the remaining M&M's to put on top of the dough balls before baking.
Step 4
Scoop the cookie dough: Using a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons), scoop the cookies and place the dough balls 6 on a baking sheet (these cookies do spread quite a bit). If the cookie dough is hard to manage, you can refrigerate it for 5-10 minutes at a time. This recipe should make about 22 cookies (5-inch wide) total (if using a 3 tablespoons cookie scoop). Place 9-11 M&M's on top of each dough ball before baking.
Step 5
Bake the cookies: Bake, in a preheated oven, for 12-14 minutes for a soft cookie with crisp edges; Bake for 14-16 minutes for a crisp cookie. After baking, allow the cookies to be set up on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling. If you move them before, because this cookie recipe is very thin, they could break easily. Enjoy these delicious cookies!
Recipe Notes
- Make sure the butter and other ingredients are at room temperature before starting the recipe.
- We place 9-11 Christmas M&Ms on top of each cookie before baking
- Please note, these cookies spread quite a bit, they are thin and chewy or crisp if you choose to bake them longer, giving enough space for them to spread, we bake them in 6 evenly-spaced, dough balls on a regular-size rimmed baking sheet.
- Cook Times: Bake for 12-14 minutes for a soft cookie with crisp edges; Bake for 14-16 minutes for a crisp cookie.
- Makes about 22 cookies (5-inch wide) total (if using a 3 tablespoons cookie scoop)
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Recipe Attribution
- This recipe is inspired by "Perfect Christmas M&M Cookies" by Gaby Dalkin
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Thank you for reading and following along!
Christmas M&M Cookies
Yield:
22 cookies
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
14 minutes
Total Time:
34 minutes
This Christmas M&M Cookies recipe is large, and thin, with crisp edges, chewy centers, and Christmas-themed M&M's throughout. Enjoy these classic cookies for the Christmas season or whenever you get a craving! (makes about 22 cookies)
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated, white sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 ½ teaspoons imitation vanilla or the same amount of pure vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (spoon and leveled)
- 1 teaspoon iodized salt or the same amount of kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups Milk Chocolate M&M’s Chocolate Candies in Christmas colors of red & green, if you want, and if it’s easier, you can use 1 bag (10 ounces bag which has 1 ½ cups)
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees Celcius). Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Cream the butter & sugar: In a stand mixer, add the unsalted butter and then the sugar, and using the paddle attachment, cream the ingredients together. Add the 2 eggs and vanilla extract and mix them together.
- Mix the dry ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, add the all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and whisk together. Add the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture in 4-5 parts, mixing in between. Gently fold in half the Christmas (red & green) M&M's. Reserve the remaining M&M's to put on top of the dough balls before baking.
- Scoop the cookie dough: Using a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoons), scoop the cookies and place the dough balls 6 on a baking sheet (these cookies do spread quite a bit). If the cookie dough is hard to manage, you can refrigerate it for 5-10 minutes at a time. This recipe should make about 22 cookies (5-inch wide) total (if using a 3 tablespoons cookie scoop). Place 9-11 M&M's on top of each dough ball before baking.
- Bake the cookies: Bake, in a preheated oven, for 12-14 minutes for a soft cookie with crisp edges; Bake for 14-16 minutes for a crisp cookie. After baking, allow the cookies to be set up on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling. If you move them before, because this cookie recipe is very thin, they could break easily. Enjoy these delicious cookies!
Notes
- Make sure the butter and other ingredients are at room temperature before starting the recipe.
- We place 9-11 Christmas M&Ms on top of each cookie before baking
- Please note, these cookies spread quite a bit, they are thin and chewy or crisp if you choose to bake them longer, giving enough space for them to spread, we bake them in 6 evenly-spaced, dough balls on a regular-size rimmed baking sheet.
- Cook Times: Bake for 12-14 minutes for a soft cookie with crisp edges; Bake for 14-16 minutes for a crisp cookie.
- Makes about 22 cookies (5-inch wide) total (if using a 3 tablespoons cookie scoop)
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 22 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 274Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 214mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 1gSugar: 27gProtein: 3g
Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best. If you make this recipe and love it, remember to stop back and give it a 5-star rating – it helps others find the recipe!
- Recipe photographed: 1/1/2023
- First published: 1/26/2023
Owner at Life's Little Sweets
Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 8. She loves design, being creative, and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.
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