Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

By request, below is the recipe for the PB M&M Cookies I brought to Pittsburgh last month.  I doubled the recipe and used over 3 cups of M&M's. 

 

souce: sallysbakingaddiction.com

makes about 2 dozen small cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened to room temp
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup m&ms

Instructions

1. In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed.
2. Mix in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla (in that order).
3. Slowly mix in the baking soda and flour. Do not overmix.
4. Fold in the m&ms
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
6. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet or silpat.
7. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Cookies will appear very soft and may even appear undone. They will firm up as they cool.
8. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.