Easy Recipes
Robbi's M&Ms® Cookies
One bite of these M&M cookies and you'll be transported back to grandma's kitchen. This old-school recipe is super easy to make, but it definitely still holds up as a fan favorite today. A good trick for more candy-filled cookies is to add M&M's to the dough then push extra candies into each dough ball before they're baked.
Ingredients
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1 cup shortening
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1 cup packed brown sugar
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½ cup white sugar
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2 eggs
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1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 ½ cups candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Beat shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Add flour, baking soda, and salt; blend well. Stir in 1/2 of the chocolate candies.
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Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Use remaining candies to decorate dough balls; press down slightly.
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Bake in batches in the preheated oven until lightly browned with soft centers, 9 to 11 minutes.