These M&M cookies are ready in under 30 minutes from start to finish with no need to chill the cookie dough. These large, soft and chewy cookies always impress a crowd and can be customized to make Christmas M&M cookies each holiday season!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time16 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: christmas M&M cookies, m&m cookies, m&m cookies recipe, recipe for M&M cookies
1 ½sticks(3/4 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
¾cupbrown sugar
¾cup granulated sugar
2largeeggs
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350º F. Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl combine the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a larger mixing bowl combine the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat on medium speed for 1 minute. You want this mixture to be fluffy and pale in color.
Add in the eggs and vanilla extract, beat for 30 seconds.
Gradually mix in the dry ingredients, mixing on low speed. The dough will be thick. Use a spatula to hand mix in 1 cup of M&Ms. The other cup of M&Ms I use to press on the outside of the dough balls.
Use a cookie scoop to form golf ball sized cookie dough balls, roll into a smooth ball between your hands. Press the remaining 1 cup of M&Ms on the outside of the dough balls. I like to load mine with M&Ms! Place about 8 cookies on a cookie sheet lined with a silicone baking mat at a time. I recommend only baking 1 cookie sheet at a time for even baking.
For the cookies in the photos, the dough balls were about 3 heaping tablespoons (golf ball sized), so that’s a large cookie! I baked those for 13-16 minutes – just until the edges of the cookies would begin to firm up and brown slightly. The result is a soft and chewy cookie! If you make smaller dough balls, you should reduce the baking time to 12-14 minutes since the baking estimates are for golf ball sized dough balls.
Allow the cookies to cool for 15 minutes on the baking sheet before removing. Make sure the baking sheet is cool before adding more dough balls and returning to the oven. Using 2 baking sheets allows one to cool while the other is in the oven.