Archives for December 30, 2011

This was the first year I noticed that M&M’s had some great holiday themed candies. I picked up a few bags of each, including mint M&M’s, which I used in my Chocolate Chocolate Mint Cookies. They were a hit with the contractors for my project, so I decided that I should give cookie making a try again with another kind of M&M’s. I gravitated to the cinnamon M&M’s and decided that an oatmeal cookie would work well.

 

I started the journey of making these cookies by pulling out several cook books looking for an oatmeal cookie base that could be used with the cinnamon M&M’s. In the end, tweeting what I was doing ending out being fruitful since Rachel (Baked by Rachel) tweeted me back saying she had some great oatmeal cookie recipes on her blog. One being a crisp oatmeal cookie and another being a softer, chewier oatmeal cookie. I was looking for a chewy cookie so I went with the recipe on her blog. Perfect choice!

 

The cookie is soft, chewy and has nice cinnamony, chocolately pieces that dot throughout the cookie. The cinnamon flavor in the M&M is subtle but adds a nice touch to the cookie. I think the 1 bag is enough for the batch of cookies, but I can’t help but think that adding another 1/2 bag or so could not hurt!

 

I really enjoyed working with these M&M’s and I imagine that other’s did too since there is a Cinnamon M&M’s facebook page! I hope that you had a chance to try these since they are so good. I just grabbed a few more bags of these at Target for 30% off since it’s post Christmas. If you can’t find these still in stores then you should do a bit of googling for them. One place I found them was on The Candyland Store. I certainly hope they bring them back next year!

Cinnamon M&M Oatmeal Cookies

*makes approximately 3 dozen*

Ingredients

• 2 sticks of unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2/3 cup of light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 1/4 cups quick cooking oats
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 9.9 oz of bag of cinnamon M&M’s

Process

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large mixing owl or stand mixer, cream the butter and sugars together.
3. Add the eggs and beat until incorporated. Scrape the sides of the bowl down to evenly mix together.
4. Add the salt, baking soda, flour, and cinnamon into the mixture and beat until fully incorporated.
5. Gently mix in the oatmeal, milk, and vanilla extract. Again, scrape down the sides to ensure all the mixture is coming together evenly.
6. By hand, mix in the M&M’s into the cookie dough.
7. Using 2 spoons, scoop out heaping tablespoons onto the baking sheet. Do not crowd the cookies together.
8. Bake for 11-13 minutes, depending on the size of the cookie, or until the cookie is set up in the center. Let cookie sit on the cookie sheet for 3 minutes prior to removing to fully cool.