Dark Red Velvet M&M Cookies
How to make these delicious holiday cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups All -purpose flour use a little over 1½, about a tablespoon more
- ¾ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Granulated sugar
- ¼ cup Cocoa powder
- ½ cup Softened butter use your preference of salted or unsalted
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp Milk I used unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ tbsp Red food coloring you can use more or less
- ½ cup Original M&Ms
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix butter until creamy
- Mix in both sugars to the butter until creamy
- Mix in the egg, vanilla extract, milk into the sugar butter mixture
- Combine the flour mixture and the butter mixture and add food coloring
- Mix until dough is formed and fold in the M&Ms
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and up to 2 days
- Preheat oven to 350° and line baking sheet with parchment paper
- Form dough into golf ball-sized balls and place on parchment paper an inch apart
- Bake for 11-12 minutes
- Let cool for 5 minutes, and enjoy