Valentine's Day M&M Cookies
These perfect cookies are soft, thick and chewy and chocked full of Valentine chocolate m&m's. Black Forest Cake m&m's have red, pink and white colored m&m's and taste absolutely divine!
Servings: 16 large cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour see notes below
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 or 2 8 oz. Black Forest Cake M&M's 1 or 2 cups or use your favorite m&m's
- optional 1 cup white chocolate chips or chocolate chips of choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.. (To get best results, use parchment paper)
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt together.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars until smooth and mixed together well - 1 -2 minutes
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not overmix.
- Add m&m's and any other add-ins at this time and stir with a wooden spoon, again without overmixing, just until incorporated.
- Using a small or large ice cream scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched,
- Small cookies bake 8-10 minutes, Medium cookies bake 10-13 minutes, 1/4 cup - large cookies bake 12-14 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.
Notes
- Butter Tips: To avoid flat cookies: Be sure your butter is cool or room temp (not melted or even softened). If dough is warm: Just put it in the refrigerator to chill before baking.
- Flour Tips: Measure flour correctly, and do not over-mix cookie batter especially after the flour is added.
- Make sure your baking soda is not expired.