M&M Skillet Cookie

m&m skillet cookie

:: M&M Skillet Cookie ::

It’s fall and I am feeling inspired by all that I see.  Target really has a way of taking a hold of oneself with it’s lovely displays of Halloween and all its seasonal M&M’s.  I can’t help it….the kids want chocolate chip cookies, and I am thinking we need something new… something that I actually have to think a little bit about and use one of the many gadgets that I like to covet.  How many of you have this problem?  I love kitchen appliances, cake plates, pans, and coffee mugs….I can go on and on.  The problem is I buy them and then I sit and wait.  I wait to decide the best possible recipe I will create to use in that special addition to my kitchen.  So I am breaking out my Lodge cast iron and I am making it simple.  Two dishes to clean and I don’t have to roll out cookies, set them aside to cool, and repeat.  One pan and you get to slice your cookie out of it.  Genius and easy!  This M&M Skillet Cookie is simply inspired by BJ’s Restaurant.  When I first arrived at Long Beach State as a Freshman, BJ’s in Belmont Shore was a fun meet-up for food, friends, and family.  We would always end our meal with a Pizookie.  Since my kids have recently had their first try of one, I am making an at home version… and its not going to be in a small pan.  No rush to finish and we did top it with ice cream.  Yum! [Read more…]

Chocolate Chip M&M Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

Chocolate Chip M&M cookies are always a favorite around here.

Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

With Valentine’s right around the corner,

many of you already have most of these

ingredients around your kitchen.

Chocolate chip cookies are easy to make and when you add

valentine m&m’s to the batter, you add a whole other dimension of

gooey chocolatey goodness.

To make these cookies a little more holiday like,

I have exchanged the normal Nestle Milk Chocolate Morsels to

Nestle Premier White Morsels as Mason and Madeline

tend to favor these more and they go with the

red, pink, and white of Valentine’s.

The kid’s loved helping of course,

a little taste of this, a little more of that…………

ended with two kids on a major sugar high.

{But hey, the cookies were good and that made us all happy!}

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Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

Adapted by Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

* 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

* 1 teaspoon baking soda

* 1 teaspoon salt

* 1 cup of unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened

* 3/4 cup granulated sugar

* 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

* 2 large eggs

* 1 cup Nestle Toll House Premier White Morsals

* 1 cup Valentine’s Milk Chocolate M&M’s (found these at Hobby Lobby)

Valentine's M&M's

Preparation:

In small bowl mix whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Mixing flour

Beat together butter, sugars, and vanilla until light and fluffy.

Then add one egg at a time to the mixture until combined.

mixing cookies

Slowly add in flour mixture on a low speed

{Fully mix but do not over mix}.

Lastly, add in chocolate chips and m&m’s.

With an ice cream scooper,

drop small scoops of the cookie

batter on parchment lined cookie sheets.

* I love using Martha Wrap

{but sadly I ran out before making the cookies}.

chocolate chip m&m cookies

Pop into the oven at 375 degrees

for approximately 9-11 minutes.

You then have a perfect holiday cookie!

These traditional gooey chocolate chip cookies

are the perfect ending to a Friday night!

My kid’s enjoyed them!

Whip up a batch for Valentine’s…

they are sure to make any cupid happy!

chocolate chip cookies

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