Lightly sweet, nutty, & so festive! These brown butter M&M cookies are perfect to celebrate the holiday season with. They're simple & fun to make for or with your loved ones this holiday season. ENJOY!
Brown Butter M&M Christmas Cookies
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Brown Butter M&M Christmas Cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 11-13 minutes
Servings: 16-20
Ingredients:
- <ul>
- <li>1 cup unsalted butter</li>
- <li>1 & 1/3 cup dark brown sugar</li>
- <li>2 eggs, room temperature<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste</li>
- <li>2 cups gluten free measure for measure flour</li>
- <li>1.5 teaspoons baking soda<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>1/2 teaspoon salt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>2 cups white chocolate, chopped<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>1/2 cup Christmas M&M’s + mini Christmas M&M’s to top cookies with</li>
- </ul>
Steps:
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- <li>Room temp your eggs by letting them sit for at least 30-45 minutes on counter, cracked in a bowl, while browning your butter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Start off browning the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stir constantly until butter gets foamy, bubbly, & starts to turn an amber color with a nutty smell.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Remove from heat & transfer to a bowl.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chill in freezer for 30 minutes or in fridge until ready to bake. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>In bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter, sugar, & vanilla until smooth. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>Add in your room temperature eggs, one at a time to butter mixture, while mixing on medium-low speed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mixture should become light, creamy & fluffy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>Add flour, baking soda, & salt to the egg butter mixture, & turn mixer on medium low speed mixing until just combined. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>Chop the white chocolate & fold it into the batter gently along with the regular sized Christmas M&M’s.</li>
- <li>On parchment paper on a plate or smaller cutting board, scoop roughly 2 tablespoon sized cookie dough balls.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Place on parchment paper until no batter is left. Top each cookie dough ball with a few of both the regular & mini sized M&M’s.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chill in freezer for at least 30 minutes, or longer in fridge until ready to bake.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>While cookie dough balls are chilling, preheat oven to 350F.</li>
- <li>Spread cookie dough balls out evenly about 2-3 inches apart from each other onto a baking sheet with parchment paper.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bake for 11-13 minutes,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or until edges are turning a golden brown but the middle is still a light color. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li>
- <li>Let cookies rest for at least 10 minutes on counter before handling them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Top with flaky sea salt (optional).</li>
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Notes:
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