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A close-up of thick, freshly baked cookies loaded with bright red and green holiday M&Ms on a plate with a glass of milk.

Easy Christmas M&M Cookies Recipe

How to make Christmas M&M Cookies! These easy Christmas cookies with the red and green colors are the perfect cookie recipe for the holiday season.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 21 minutes
Servings: 48
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

Dry:
  • 2 1/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 TSP Baking Soda
  • 1 TSP Salt
Wet:
  • 1 Cup 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter
  • 3/4 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 TSP Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 cups Red & Green M&M’S

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
  3. Beat butter, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar & vanilla extract in mixing bowl until creamed.
  4. Add eggs one at a time and beat until combined
  5. Slowly combine dry ingredients to mixing bowl and continue to mix
  6. Stir in M&M’S
  7. Scoop TBSP scoops of batter onto ungreased baking sheets
  8. Bake 8 - 11 minutes
  9. Cool on sheets for 2 minutes
  10. Move to cooling racks to finish cooling

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