M&M Peanut Butter Cookies

I love m&m cookies and peanut butter cookies, so I decided they should get married.


So they did while Drake serenaded them in the background. And they had a very productive honeymoon because 10 min after they returned my oven birthed this:

So good. So good.

M & M Peanut Butter Cookies

1 c shortening                   

1 c brown sugar                 

1/2 c granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs 

1/2 c peanut butter (add 1/4 more if you like loads of pb!) 
1 tsp. salt             

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda

12oz  M&M's (Medium bag should do the trick)

1. Heat oven to 350*
2. In a large bowl mix shortening and both sugars together.
3. Mix in the vanilla & eggs...then the peanut butter.
4. in a separate bowl sift together the flower, salt, and baking soda
5. Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the batter.
6. With your mixer on low slowly pour in the bag of M&Ms
7. Drop batter from a spoon/cookie scoop onto a baking sheet and pop it into the over for 10-12min.
8. Let cool and eat!

Pretzel & M&M Krispy Treats

Basically I love Krispy treats. Love them!

I also love the salty and sweet combo of pretzel's and M&Ms. I had both ingredients on hand from some cookies I made the week before, so I figured why not add in some krispies and marshmallows and really get this party started!

Pretzel & M&M Krispy Treats

2c Pretzel
1 bag M&M (12oz)
2 bag Mini - Marshmallows
10c Rice Krispies (give or take(
2tbs Butter

**I like making a double batch but it's too much to mix in my bowl at one time. Cut the ingredients in half, follow below instructions, place in dish, then repeat with the other half of ingredients.

1. Melt butter & marshmallows. (I do mine in the microwave on 1min intervals, stir between intervals, but feel free to use the stove).
2. Slowly stir in Krispies, M&Ms, Pretzels.
3. Spray dish with non-stick spray, and pour in the mix.
4. let cool, cut, serve, become addicted.

Grandma's M&M cookies

My absolute fave cookie!

of all time.

end.of.story.

If you've been reading this (and I know you have), then it's obvious that my grandma is the best. She gets a shout out in almost every post! (Hey Grandma! I love you!).

She makes the best of everything, especially M&M cookies. I.die.

I don't know if this is a made up memory or not (does that ever happen to you?), but I have visions of eating these and they are only covered with red and green M&M's. I don't know for a fact that Grandma made these around Christmas when I was little, but eating them makes me think of Christmas and Grandma's house. The two best things in the world!

I love the taste of the M&M's after they've been baked. I love the sweet with a hint of salt. I love that these cookies are more on the firm side, but not because they are overdone. I love everything about them!

I emailed Grandma to get the recipe because I misplaced it when I last moved, and she added this little tidbit in the email:

"Hope these turn out good, but with you making them they will be extra good."

Isn't she the best? And yes, they were extra good.

M & M Cookies

1 cup shortening                   

1 cup brown sugar                 

1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla  
2 eggs 
1 tsp. salt             

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. soda

1 1/2 cups (3/4 pound) M&M's (Medium bag should do the trick)

                                         

1. Blend shortening and sugars in a separate large bowl. Beat in vanilla and eggs.
2. In a medium bowl sift flour, soda, and salt together, then slowly add the sugar mixture. Mix well.
3. Stir in 1/2 cup M&M's.** 
4. Drop from spoon (I prefer a cookie scoop) onto an ungreased cookie sheet and decorate top of cookies with remaining M&M's.

Bake 375 degree for 10-12 minutes.

**Or, if you are lazy like me, you can just mix in all of the M&M's.

Can't you almost taste the goodness?