These are fun and festive cookies and delicious as well! M & M always puts out colorful holiday versions of the standard for the various holidays, so they are easily adaptable! You don’t have to add the extra chocolate, but I love how it blends with the M & Ms.

Fun for the holiday and addition to the Easter basket!

Ingredients:

• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened

• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar

• 1 large egg

• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla

• 2 cups all purpose flour (I love Bob’s Red Mill Pastry flour)

• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder

• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt

• 5ounces Easter M &Ms.

  • 3 ounces roughly chopped good quality milk chocolate (I love Trader Joe’s Belgian chocolate bar)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Using a mixture with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars until smooth and creamy. Reduce speed of mixer and add egg and vanilla until well incorporated. Add flour mixture and mix on low. Fold in chocolates and combine on low until incorporated. Using a 2 inch ice cream scoop ( or about 2 tablespoons of dough, scoop dough in a ball. Place cookies on prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes in the middle of your oven until just cooked and tops are beginning to crackle. Remove from oven. Let cool 5 minutes, transfer cookies to cooling rack to cool completely. Enjoy!