M&M Cookies

By dmscott52

First made 12/10/2013-Excellent

**Dough must be chilled for 1 hour or overnight before baking cookies.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1-1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1-3/4 cups M&M's Milk Chocolate Candies (can mix in dark chocolate M&M's too).

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl, cream butter and both sugars until well blended. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix to combine.

3. In a separate bowl, sift flour ,baking soda and salt together. Slowly add these ingredients into the butter mixture and stir until combined.

4. Fold in M&M's and chill for 1 hour,or overnight.

5. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto a lightly greased tray, about 2 inches apart.

6. Bake for 8-10 minutes for chewy cookies or 12-14 minutes for crispy cookies.