Name: Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 1 stick melted butter; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup peanut butter; 1 egg; dash vanilla; 1 1/4 cup flour; 1/2 tsp baking soda; dash salt; 2 cups M&Ms

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The taste is pretty much in the title: traditional peanut butter cookies with m&ms. Very soft peanut butter m&m cookies! I like my cookies soft, so I am glad these turned out that way. I was really into peanut butter for a time there so I decided to add M&Ms to my peanut butter cookies, and this is that recipe!

This peanut butter m&m cookies recipe makes around 30 cookies. A serving is 2 cookies.

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Favorite ingredient brands to use for this peanut butter cookie recipe:

*butter-helps cookie stick together
*white and brown sugar-provides sweetness
*peanut butter-the peanut butter flavor
*vanilla-brings out the inner flavors of the cookie
*flour-provides the base
*baking soda-helps cookie rise ever so slightly

How to make excellent peanut butter m&m cookies:

mix together wet ingredients and sugars-this helps the sugar become less grainy and it will beat the egg in. You can use a whisk for this part if you do not have a hand mixer
stir together dry ingredients-dry ingredients include flour, baking soda, and salt.
add dry ingredients to wet ingredients while stirring. Then, add m&ms.
scoop out dough onto sprayed baking sheet using a cookie scoop. If you do not have a cookie scoop (we did not have one for many years), use a heaping tablespoon.
bake! Look at my notes on the baking instructions.

Decorating Cookies for Santa:

No matter how you shape your cookies and try to ensure there are a lot of m&ms in every bite, there is always those cookies that never seen to have enough. You can press extra m&ms in the top of your peanut butter cookies after they get done baking.

You can turn these into chocolate peanut butter m&m cookies by adding chocolate chips! Press chips into the cookie after they get done baking or mix them in the batter.

How to store m and m cookies:

room temperature-I like to store my cookies room temperature in an air tight container for about one week.
freezer-I have not tried freezing these cookies before. I do not see why they would not be freezable though! If you would like to try freezing them, let me know how it goes!

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Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

Easy peanut butter cookie recipe with m&ms! Soft cookie texture for this peanut butter dessert. This peanut butter recipe makes about 30 cookies.

5 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings cookies

Calories 333.28 kcal

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Ingredients

1 stick melted butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
dash vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
dash salt
2 cups M&Ms

Instructions

Mix together butter and sugars for 2 minutes in a large bowl. Add in peanut butter, egg, vanilla, and mix until combined.
In a smaller bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to wet ingredients while stirring. After well combined, stir in M&Ms.
Using a cookie scoop, scoop out dough onto a sprayed baking sheet leaving 3 inch spaces between each one so they can grow a little bit. Heaping the cookie scoop is okay in this recipe as they do not expand a ton.
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven. Let cookies cool on a wire rack. Serve the Peanut Butter M&M Cookies when cool.

Notes

Baking time note: I would recommend setting the timer and checking on these m and m cookies at the 10 minute mark. If they are still soft on the edges, put them back in the oven for a few minutes to firm them up a bit. If they are firm on the edges at 10 minutes, take out of oven. I usually let my cookies cool on the pan on top a wire rack for 1 minute. Then, I remove the peanut butter cookies from the pan and place them on the wire rack to cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 333.28kcal

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