Santa’s M&M Cookie Mix
(from nmgresearch’s recipe box)
If in jar, mix the flour with the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Layer the ingredients in the jar in this order: flour mixture, brown sugar, sugar, M&M’s. Pack each layer firmly in jar so all the ingredients will fit. Be sure to put the M&M’s on top so they can be separated for the recipe below.
Source: 100 Easy Recipes in Jars
Serves 36 peopleCategories: COOKIES
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown sugar (not packed)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/4 cups M&M's candies
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the vanilla, margarine and eggs in a large bowl. Set aside half of the M&M’s in the cookie mix jar. Pour the rest of the jar mixture into a large bowl and stir until mixed. Add the margarine mixture to cookie mix and stir until completely blended. (Be sure the margarine is cooled before adding the M&Ms).
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Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Drop dough by the spoonfuls on the cookie sheet and push a few M&M’s on top of each cookie. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes until cookies are just golden brown on the edges.