Getting in the Valentine Spirit with our Favorite Cookies
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7:05AM We've started getting into the Valentine spirit already - if you've been clipping coupons from the Sunday paper you've seen a lot of M&M coupons. We love M&Ms, and they were just begging to be eaten.
I used my favorite basic cookie recipe and just added M&Ms.... I love this recipe because it uses Crisco shortening instead of butter. The cookies are just more crispy - and we prefer them that way!
We made the basic dough (full recipe below) and used our cookie scoop to put the cookies on our baking sheets. It was a great day to bake, because my youngest is being introduced to units of measurement in his math book.
My daughter put extra candy pieces on top of the cookies (and I think she ate a few in the process!)
In the end we wound up with 2 pans of a dozen cookies each, and another pan of 9 cookies... a grand total of 33 cookies.
Our guests loved them, and the looked so festive on our dining room table. I love Valentine's Day!
Here's the recipe - it's a keeper in our house - great with chocolate chips, too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix sugar, eggs, shortening, and vanilla thoroughly. Add flour, salt, and baking soda to creamed mixture. Blend well. Add 3/4 cup of M&M candies.
- Drop dough by teaspoonful onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Slightly push a few candies on top of each dough ball with remaining candies. Make sure to eat some candies while you're at it.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 9 to 11 minutes, to your liking.
*If you'd like more Valentine ideas, head over to Mom's Mustard Seeds today - she has a Valentine linky for everyone to share their ideas. Thank you, Rebecca!
Reader Comments (6)
Hi there, stopping over from Rebecca's hop today! Those look very festive and yummo!
what a minute...did you change your blog name and design? I just realized it was YOU Mary! lol....love this!
Mary, these are very cute and very sweet...and look like they were fun and easy for everyone to make! Thanks for sharing this with everyone today.....it's always wonderful to see your great ideas and how you are inspiring your children...growing them and encouraging others!
Yes i love it! I just replaced your old button with the new one!
Those look delicious!
yum! that is a yummy cookie my 4 year old says it's a pinkalicious cookie :)