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Spring Oatmeal and M&M Cookies

These cookies are full of chocolate-y goodness.
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Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 8 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 3/4 cup melted butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar lightly packed
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups dry oatmeal old fashion, not quick oats
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup M & M

Method
 

  1. Melt butter. Stir in white sugar and brown sugar until smooth.
  2. Add egg then egg yolk. Then stir in vanilla.
  3. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and cornstarch,
  4. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix well.
  5. Fold in M&Ms, chocolate chips, and oatmeal.
  6. Chill dough for three hours (or as long as 3 days).
  7. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
  8. Roll dough into oblong balls and place on cookie sheet a few inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
  9. After 8-10 minutes, take out of oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 10 minutes longer. After this time is up, remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Notes

This recipe was adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction's Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies.  Be sure to check out her recipe where she give detailed explanations.