Fall M&M Cookies

By srumbel

If you love delicious, buttery chocolate chip cookies, this is going to be your new favorite recipe. These homemade chocolate chip cookies are thick & chewy. You know the perfect cookie – slightly crisp on the outside & moist & soft on the inside. Yep, these are the perfect cookie if you ask me.
from the36thavenue.com

Ingredients

• 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter - room temperature
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg- room temperature
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (scooped lightly - not spooned into your measuring cup)
• 1 (3.4 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding - not cook & serve
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup milk-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup Fall M&M's - divided

Preparation

Step 1

In mixer bowl - beat butter, margarine, sugar & brown sugar together until fluffy
Add egg & vanilla - beat well
Add in flour, pudding mix, baking soda & salt - slowly stir first & then beat until all ingredients are completely incorporated.
Slowly stir in chocolate chips
Fold in ½ the M&M's
Remove beater, cover & refrigerate overnight
The next day preheat oven to 350 degrees
Roll dough into balls - it will be firm
Place dough balls on baking sheet & bake cookies for 9-12 minutes (mine were perfect at 11)
Remove & immediately top each cookie with a few white chocolate chips & M&M's before they cool.
Leave cookies on baking sheet to cool
Start with a cold cookie sheet with each batch to ensure that the cookies bake consistently.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature