Easy Color Cookie Recipe

~3 DOZEN | BAKE TIME: 10 – 12 MIN | PREHEAT: 375°

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Crisco
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ¼ tsp. water
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp. sifted all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp. soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¾ cup M&M’s Plain Chocolate Candies

Directions

  1. Blend Crisco and sugars.
  2. Beat in vanilla, water, and egg.
  3. Sift remaining dry ingredients together and add to the sugar and egg mixture. Mix well.
  4. Stir in M&M’s Plain Chocolate Candies.
  5. Drop from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  6. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

For additional color, press extra M&M’s Plain Chocolate Candies into cookies before baking. Some candies crack slightly in baking, adding texture and interest to the cookies.

This recipe comes from Grandma’s recipe collection and looks like it was cut out of a Crisco label.

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