M&M Cookies

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M&M Cookies

Ohh, heyy! Happy Easter! And if you don’t celebrate Easter, happy long weekend!

Because I’m a lucky girl, I have two dinners to go to this weekend; one with my extended family, and one with the in-laws. woot!

I love holidays. To me, they hold little-to-no religious relevance, but they are great excuses to get together with loved ones. Everyone takes a break from their, otherwise, very busy lives and gathers together in one place. *love*

And if that wasn’t good enough, I have been charged with making desserts for both dinners. WIN.

M&M Cookies

My delightful mother is making an ice cream cake for tonight, so I opted to bake cookies and to make some layered chocolate bark. Now, I know that we all have our own go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe, myself included, but I got a little crazy and tried out a different recipe this time around.

I have a, strictly platonic (?), love affair with Anna Olson, and she has never, yet, let me down (ohhh, it’s proof that you want?? shazam: evidence #1 and #2).

These badboys have an interesting, secret, ingredient which is not usually found in standard chocolate chip cookies….

…cornstarch.

The cornstarch keeps the cookies soft, chewy, and delicious.

M&M Cookies

It’s a pretty fabulous recipe, but I do have a confession: I got a little Easter-crazy and doubled the original amount of chocolate…some of the cookies are more M&M than cookie dough. = best adaptation ever.

Feel free to substitute any kind of chocolate for the darling little M&Ms; they’re fairly understanding little chaps.

M&M Cookies

M&M Cookies

Adapted from Anna Olson

Ingredients
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups M&Ms or chocolate chips

M&M Cookies

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cream together butter and sugars until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.
3. Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in M&Ms.
4. Drop by tablespoons onto a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes, until golden brown around the edges.

M&M Cookies

  • http://elisachang.wordpress.com Elisa

    Beautiful pictures! I want to make these today.

    • http://culinaryadventuresinthekitchen.wordpress.com culinaryadventuresinthekitchen

      Thank you so much! I hope that you do :)

  • Linda Alice McDiarmid

    and it’s a good thing that your desserts are going to be fabulous since I forgot to bake the crust part of my ice cream cake….just warning everyone in advance. Well, at least all those who are lucky enough to see this wonderful blog before they are faced with my Easter flop! And that’s not a floppy eared bunny unfortunately :(

    Oh well, can’t wait to dig into these chocolately delights thanks to my lovely daughter. Thank goodness I can always count on her! (actually in all ways, not only in the cooking and baking departments) Thanks Al xxx

    • http://culinaryadventuresinthekitchen.wordpress.com culinaryadventuresinthekitchen

      Desserts turned out delicious on all fronts! The cake was super yummy AND held together like a chastity belt.

  • http://buildingthisnest.wordpress.com nwbnstr

    This recipe is my “go to” chocolate chip cookie recipe!!! I’ve been using it for a few years, and always get nothing but compliments on them :) I love the pastel M&Ms…so fun!

    • http://culinaryadventuresinthekitchen.wordpress.com culinaryadventuresinthekitchen

      That’s fun: my new experiment is your tried and true recipe :)

  • http://pencilkitchen.blogspot.com pencilkitchen

    This is so very prettty! something you save till events like Easter to make!

    • http://culinaryadventuresinthekitchen.wordpress.com culinaryadventuresinthekitchen

      Thank you so much! The pastel M&Ms were, indeed, super pretty! AND yummy :)

  • http://www.beckycharms.com Becky

    I was wondering if your cookies were moist, or a bit dry? .. before I make these, I wanted to see how yours turned out, because this girl said hers were dry ..
    http://kirbiecravings.com/2012/04/cornstarch-soft-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

    I think they look yummy, and I’m going to try them anyway ..