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M&M Party Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen

M & M Party Cookies

Teresa Ambra
M&M Party Cookies are fantastic! This festive and beautiful cookie is filled with everyone's favorite candy--M&Ms! It's a lovely cookie for holiday baking, but certainly wonderful enough for any potluck, tailgating party or family activity.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine American
Servings 48
Calories 123 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 large sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Crisco shortening no substitutes
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour Bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 1/2 cups milk-chocolate M&Ms divided use, (3/4 lb.)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Reserve ½ cup M&Ms.
  • Blend shortening, sugars, vanilla, eggs, salt and baking soda with an electric mixer in bowl.
  • Add flour and M&Ms.
  • Roll into balls and place on cookie sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Place more M&Ms on top of dough balls and press cookies down slightly on cookie sheets.
  • Bake about 12 minutes at 350° or until still puffy, but not liquid-like in centers.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks every six minutes of baking time.
  • Remove cookies with spatula to wire racks; cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: I usually end up needing about ¾ cup M&Ms for the top of the cookies, so two 11.4-oz. bags are needed.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 123kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 77mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 26IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate dessert, cookie, dessert, M&Ms
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