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m&m cookies
Kathryn Coyle

Mini m&m Cookies

These chewy M&M cookies are thick, soft, and packed with colourful M&M candies and melty chocolate chips.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 29 minutes
Servings: 7 large cookies
Course: Treat
Cuisine: batch cook
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g self raising flour
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 100 g light brown sugar
  • 30 g white caster sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large bag m&ms pink and red for valentines cookies
  • 200 g milk/dark chocolate chips or chopped

Equipment

  • 2 large mixing bowls
  • 1 measuring scales
  • 1 Sieve
  • 1 mixing spoon or electric hand/stand mixer
  • 1 parchment paper
  • 1 baking tray
  • 1 ice cream scoop optional for consistent dough balls

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C (fan). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use an un greased cookie sheet.
  2. In a large bowl, sift the plain and self raising flour and then mix together the flour, sea salt, and baking powder. Set aside
  3. In another large bowl, cream the softened butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until combined
  4. Beat in the egg and vanilla until smooth
  5. Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined. Do not over mix
  6. Gently fold in the M&M candies and chocolate, saving a few to press into the top of the cookies later for that bakery finish
  7. If you have time, chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes. This helps create a thicker cookie and improves flavour
  8. Scoop the dough onto a lined baking tray, spacing well apart
  9. Press extra M&M candies on top for colour and then bake for 10 minutes until the edges are set but the centres still look slightly underdone as that’s the secret to chewy cookies
  10. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt straight out of the oven

Video

Notes

Store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
Cookie dough balls can be frozen and baked from frozen just add an extra minute or two to bake time if needed.