A few weeks ago I posted my favorite thin and crispy M&M cookie — the kind with lots of crinkles and folds and very little chewiness. These “Jumbo M&M Chip Cookies” are adapted from a Land o’ Lakes recipe, and they are the opposite. They are thick, sturdy, and hold a lot of candy.
One thing I noticed was that the dough was pretty dry. It wasn’t dry in a bad way, it just had a high proportion of flour to other ingredients and I’m a spoon lightly and sweep flour measurer. So be careful adding the flour.
What I liked about these cookies was how sturdy they were and how good they looked wrapped individually. If I had a “Bake Sale” category, I would file it there….but I think I deleted by “Bake Sale” category.
Jumbo M&M Chip Cookies
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (19 oz/532 grams)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 sticks cool unsalted butter, cut up (12 oz/336 grams)
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar (240 grams)
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar (250 grams)
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup M&Ms
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
Cream butter in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Beat in the sugar and brown sugar until creamy, then beat in the eggs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl, until well mixed. By hand or using lowest speed of mixer, gradually adding flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms.
Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. Let stand 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets.
Makes about 26 cookies
Sarah says
October 18, 2009 at 8:39 pmI made these the other day for a bake sale and they went like hotcakes! Everyone loved them, and several people asked for the recipe. I told them I got it here! It’s a keeper for sure!
Barbara says
October 17, 2009 at 6:23 amThose cookies look yummy! Think I will take them with me next weekend- the kids will gobble them up.
Stephanie says
October 16, 2009 at 4:05 pmI think these look perfect as cookies for Girl Scout Encampment next weekend! Thank you, Anna! 🙂
Mansi says
October 16, 2009 at 1:03 pmM&M cookies are my favorites too, yours look nice and chewy!
I’d also like to invite you to dish out something sweet for the Sweet celebrations event on my blog if you can!:)
Dolce says
October 16, 2009 at 10:06 amAnd they probably hold very well in lunch boxes too 🙂
Sue says
October 16, 2009 at 10:03 amI’ve been hoping to have the time to make one of the recipes I sent to you a few weeks ago, but I haven’t been home enough to accomplish that. It’s looking like I have to let that idea go!
I’m glad to know that these are good and it sounds like they would travel well to picnics and family get togethers!
Erin M says
October 16, 2009 at 9:03 amI love m and M cookies. I underbake them a little and poke M and Ms in the top AFTER they come out of the oven so they won’t bleed. I’ll have to give this one a try. I’m still trying to squeeze in that apple pie you put up last week.
Anna says
October 16, 2009 at 7:27 amShauna, they weren’t cakey. However, they did have “a bit of cakiness” going on, as you described. In other words, I wouldn’t call them cakey, but they had a higher proportion of flour and were a little less buttery and crispy than other cookies.
Shauna from Piece of Cake says
October 15, 2009 at 10:56 pmHuh! Just the other day, I received a chocolate chip cookie recipe really similar to this one from a friend of mine. her family recipe. It had baking powder in it too. Crazy! Signs everywhere that I should try this recipe. I am curious about what the baking powder will do, though…does this cookie have a sort of cakiness going on??
C L says
October 15, 2009 at 7:08 pmThese sound terrific! You had my attention at “M&M”! 😉 I might have to make a test batch to send to the cookie hounds at work, before I send them to my friends and family at various colleges. 🙂 Might also give these away at our neighborhood Harvest Festival/Trunk and Treat. 🙂
sherri says
October 15, 2009 at 6:38 pmThis would be a best seller at a bake sale!
bakingblonde says
October 15, 2009 at 6:00 pmThis recipe looks perfect for a bakesale, it looks like it would make a ton! I love M and M’s in cookies, especially PB ones! 🙂
b says
October 15, 2009 at 3:34 pmI am a big fan of the recipe on the bag if mini M&Ms. these look good too.
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Katrina says
October 15, 2009 at 2:56 pmI’ve got a plethora of M&M’s right now, Hmmm? What should I do?
Looks like that ghost is gonna snatch those in your photo. Hope you got to them first.
I like this kind better than the flatish ones. Thanks for all you M&M cookies research. It’s a tough job, I know, but somebody’s gotta do it.
K says
October 15, 2009 at 2:03 pmI was looking for your bake sale category the other day and couldn’t find it. I did find a “top 10” bake sale list in your top tens though.
Anna says
October 15, 2009 at 1:52 pmVG, maybe I will. I’m not sure why I got rid of it in the first place.
Cindy, that’s a good point! Maybe I’ll change the title.
VeggieGirl says
October 15, 2009 at 1:41 pmClassic! I say bring back the “bake sale” category 😉
CindyD says
October 15, 2009 at 1:33 pmFunny – when I saw the title I thought you’d put potato chips in them!