Butter Cookies with M&Ms Adapted from mindybakes.com Recipe

I discovered this recipe on mindybakes.com. You can find the original recipe here: mindybakes butter cookies with M&Ms. Click on the link and check her website out.

Take the cookies out of the oven when they have a slight faint golden color on their edges. Don’t wait until they have a dark golden color around their edges as that is too long.

Butter Cookies with M&Ms Adapted from mindybakes.com Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups butter, softened to room temperature
3 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 large bags milk chocolate M&Ms

Step 1: Wet ingredients bowl
1.    In a large bowl, beat butter by itself (on medium high speed) until it is fluffy and turns slightly white. This will give the finished cookies an airy light texture.

2.    Add sugar to bowl and cream butter and sugar together until thick and fluffy.
3.    Add 4 eggs and vanilla extract and continue mixing.

4.    Once well incorporated stop mixing and set bowl aside.

Step 2: Dry ingredients bowl
5.    In a large bowl, add dry ingredients all at once.
    a.    Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

6.    Stir with a fork until ingredients are distributed well.

Step 3: Putting it together

7.    Add dry ingredients bowl to wet ingredients bowl a little at a time and start beating with mixer on medium.

8.    Continue beating until dough gets too thick that mixer struggles.

9.    Use a fork to continue beating and mixing the dough by hand.

10.    Once dough is finished, refrigerate bowl for 45 minutes to let dough harden.

Step 4: Prepare to bake

11.    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

12.    Place about a tablespoon worth of dough per cookie on baking sheet and press flat gently.

    a.    Leave a lot of space between cookies as they will double in size.

    b.    When cookies are done being placed on baking sheet, add M&Ms by hand and press them into the dough. They may seem like they are kind of close together, don’t worry, they’ll spread out during baking.

    c.    You can alternatively roll dough balls in a bowl of M&Ms… I like doing it by hand better as it looks neater when finished.

14.    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

15.    Bake for 6-8 minutes until cookies are slightly golden around the edges.