These award winning M&M cookies are the best cookies ever! They are soft and chewy and they are sure to become your new favorite cookie! You will be surprised at how easy these fabulous cookies are to make.
These are my husband Randy’s famous M&M cookies. He actually won a cookie contest with this recipe! Randy has been making these cookies for almost 40 years and we love them just as much today as the first time he made them. Every bite is a mouthful of buttery goodness!
How to make these ridiculously delicious cookies
On the stovetop or in the microwave, melt 1 1/2 sticks of butter. Beat together the melted butter and 1 1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar. Next blend in 2eggs and 1 tsp vanilla.
In a separate bowl combine 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture. Finally, stir in 1 cup of M&M’s.
Form the dough in to golf ball size rounds and press some M&M’s in to the top to make them pretty.
Bake on a baking sheet 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees until lightly browned.
Allow the cookies to cool about 3 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Variations
This is such a versatile cookie dough. Once the dough is made instead of M&M’s you could add chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, Reeses Pieces, nuts, or whatever you like!
Can these cookies be frozen
Yes! These cookies freeze really well. Put them into a freezer bag or a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
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M&M Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks butter melted
- 1 1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup M&M's plus a few extra to top cookie dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Blend in eggs and vanilla extract
- Combine flour, soda, and salt
- Slowly add dry ingredients, mix well, and add M&M's
- Form dough into golf ball size rounds and place on baking sheet about 4 or 5 inches apart
- Press 3 to 4 additional candies into top of each cookie
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned
- Cool on cookie sheet about 3 minutes
- Remove and place on wire rack to cool thoroughly
