One of my very favorite Christmas cookies is a cookie with red and green M&M’s! My mom always made them – and I just thought they were somehow so much better than regular chocolate chip cookies. So now that I make them for my kids, I’ve decided to use my favorite cookie batter recipe… Disneyland’s of course! Here’s my holiday version of Disneyland’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe – they go perfectly with a cup of milk or hot cocoa!

these cookies have the perfect texture

Disneyland’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (with M&M’s)

Ingredients:

• 6 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 tbsp water or milk
• 4 cups M&M’s (red / green)

Instructions:

Do  you see how full this bowl is?!

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt in bowl. 
• In other large mixing bowl cream butter, shortening, vanilla, and sugar. Add eggs and water, beat until fluffy, about five minutes.
• Add dry ingredients and combine only until well blended, about three minutes. 
• Add M&M’s and mix well. 
• Drop by large spoonfuls. 
• 6 scoops on a cookie tray, flatten and bake for 9-14 minutes until light golden brown.

My Baking Notes:

• Use a very large mixing bowl, trust me. 
• Use smaller portions when you scoop and your cookie dough will stretch further, to between 80-100 cookies per bath! And you will be able to bake 8-11 cookies on a pan, instead of 6.
• I didn’t add the full amount of M&Ms, maybe just 2-3 cups, I kind of eyeballed just how many I wanted.

• Don’t let them get too dark in the oven – pull them out when they just start to get brown at the edges, to keep them chewy. 
• Don’t bake them all at once, if you don’t need to. Scoop the remaining dough in balls and line them up on a baking sheet. Freeze, then transfer to a couple of gallon-sized baggies. You don’t even have to thaw them, just add about a minute extra to the baking time. This will provide you with fresh, soft, warm cookies anytime you want to pop a few in the oven! 

Outcome & Opinion:
This is now the only recipe my family uses anytime we make chocolate chip cookies, M&M cookies, or any other type of cookie that needs this type of cookie base (you could add any variety of mix-ins!). They are perfectly crispy and yet chewy! Can you tell I love them?! I think the red and green M&M’s really make them the perfect Christmas cookie! **Plus, some pre-baked cookies or even a container of frozen cookie dough – ready for baking – would make an excellent holiday gift!**

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Click here, if you want to see the original post, using chocolate chips instead of M&M’s.