Yield: 60 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
2 cups | All-purpose flour |
¾ teaspoon | Baking soda |
¾ teaspoon | Salt |
1 cup | Shortening; or butter |
⅔ cup | Sugar |
½ cup | Brown sugar, packed |
1 large | Egg |
1 teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
12 ounces | M&ms plain chocolate candy * see note |
¾ cup | Nuts; chopped |
Recipe by: Jo Merrill * Use the new mini-chips now available. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream together butter or shortening and sugars until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
Blend in flour mixture slowly. Stir in M&M's and nuts. Drop heaping teaspoonsful onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-11 minutes until browned. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet then remove to wire rack to cool. Makes about 5 dozen 2-inch cookies. -recipe from M&M advertisement.