This delicious appetizer made from easy-to-prepare eggplant can be made a little in advance. Pasta and roasted pork tenderloin go well particularly well. What more can I want for? It was well-received by my girlfriend.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 72 |
| Yield: | 72 cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Beat shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
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- Add flour, baking soda, and salt; blend well. Stir in 1/2 of the chocolate candies.
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- Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Use remaining candies to decorate dough balls; press down slightly.
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- Bake in batches in the preheated oven until lightly browned with soft centers, 9 to 11 minutes.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 82 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 55 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I’ve been making this recipe for years for my boyfriend’s birthday. I put vanilla ice cream between 2 cookies to make a sandwich then freeze them. Soooo much better than store bought cookie-wiches. They are also fantastic without ice cream. I make them with 1/2 cup unsalted butter and 1/2 cup shortening. I chill the dough for a bit so they don’t spread too much. I LOVE these cookies and so does my boyfriend!
Taste like egg and sugar mixed. Disgusting and was still raw after 20 minutes of baking
An excellent recipe. I’ve made it several times. This last time I made one change that put this recipe over the top(as if it weren’t already). I added 2 teaspoons of cream of tarter. That addition makes the cookies more soft and chewy. Either way, this recipe is first class. Kudos to Robbi for sharing the recipe!!
5 stars for simplicity. 4 stars for texture. 3 stars for flavor( or lack of flavor). If these didn’t have m & m’s the would be very bland. I will continue looking, or tweak this recipe.
Delicious!!! I used all butter and no shortening! I got so many compliments on them.
I’ve been using this recipe for years. I think it is a great recipe. Sometimes I use all brown sugar. I’m surprised there are some bad reviews.
Perfect as is -but if you add Carmel M&M’s oh my goodness!
Amazing, Easy & fun! This recipe is the best!
The recipe is very good, I’m just struggling with the cooking times. Eleven minutes seems too short.
On Wednesday, in school we made these for a treat. They were good, we loved it. We ate almost all the cookies before the picture was taken!
I did not make any changes and was very careful about not making the cookies too large. These are my husband’s favorite and that is high praise.
This recipe was amazing! I have never made cookies this good!! The shortening makes the dough so soft and easy to roll out. Definitely a 5 star review!!!
yummiest cookies ever
Awesome recipe! Only change is I used butter instead of shortening.
I love this dough, I used it for chocolate chip cookie dough as well- it’s easy to work with and flavorful
Perfect
Excellent recipe. I used peanut m&ms and salted caramel chips. Made 30 palm sized cookies. Can’t wait to surprise my family with them after work/school!
I still make this it’s been 5 years! Sometimes I switch the m&m’s to semi chocolate chips, this recipe is just amazing! I’ve shared it with so many people!!! BEST SOFT BAKED COOKIE RECIPE!!
This has been my goto recipe for 10 plus years. My kids love them ans so does the husband. Easy recipe and quick.
Delicious! I always use butter instead of shortening as we love buttery cookies. I use half as much salt because I use salted butter. Comes out great every time!
It is a great recipe! Want a good idea to hold out some of the M&M s to add to the top of cookie before baking!