Chocolate candy cookies

The kids and I were looking for something fun to do together and baking usually ends up being the activity of choice.  I looked in my pantry and found a bag of our favorite chocolate candies.  On it was this recipe and it turned out great.  

Chocolate candy cookies

Adapted from Mars Brand

Ingredients:

1 cup butter- soften to room temperature

2/3 cup brown sugar

2/3 sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups chocolate candies (we used milk chocolate M&Ms)

Directions:

Cream butter and sugars well.  Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.  Add flour, baking soda, and salt slowly into the butter mixture, mix until combined.  Fold in the chocolate candies- if you don't fold they will be crushed by the stand mixers power.  Chill the dough for 1 hour.  (we didn't and they were fine, but if you have the time it would be good too. )  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place dropped cookies onto a parchment lined cookies sheet 2 inches apart.  Bake for 11 minutes.