Earlier this week, I came home from work exhausted…and randomly craving cookies. I had all of the ingredients for snickerdoodles ready to go, and was trying to drum up the energy to whip up a batch. But as I walked in the door, my friend Christin just so happened to be popping a batch of these amazing cookies in the oven!!!
Foodie serendipity.
When I asked what was in them, the answer was “pretty much everything”. They have some granola (a new ingredient for me in a cookie!), dark chocolate chips, and some delicious and colorful M&Ms. But thanks to Christin’s obsession with peanut butter, this specific batch was made with my favorite peanut butter M&Ms. Double yum.
Needless to say, these were the perfect end to a long day. Thank you, Christin!
Granola M&M Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 75 minutes
Description
You are sure to love the flavor combination of your favorite chocolate sweets and granola in this delicious Granola M&M Cookies recipe. So quick and easy to prepare!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs, plus one yolk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 cup granola
- 1 cup M&M’s (whatever kind you like)
- 1 cup dark or semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until combined. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer (with a separate bowl), cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar together with a mixer on medium speed until combined. Add the eggs and yolks one at a time, beating between each addition. Then add vanilla and milk, and continue beating. Gradually add the dry ingredients until combined. Stir in granola, M&Ms and chocolate chips until well blended. Chill dough for at least an hour before you bake.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Shape dough into small balls, and bake for 9-12 minutes, or until slightly golden.
Notes
Recipe from my friend, Christin!
Ali’s Tip:
Feel free to also add in any of your favorite nuts in these as well!
Source: My friend, Christin!
Ali,
Can you tell me what size cookie dough balls and how many cookies does this recipe make?
Hi Tracy,
My dough balls were about 2 Tbsp. large for this recipe, but it looks like I forgot to write down the yield when this was posted years ago. Sorry, not sure on that.
~Ali
I’ve never thought about putting granola in a cookie, but I think this photo has totally made me want to! Delicious!
Oh, I am so making these this weekend!
These look fantastic! Thanks for sharing =)
All of my favorite food groups in one cookie!
Woah…these have got to be the greatest cookies ever made. Mmmmm! Thank you, Christin! :-)
These sound freaking amazing. Seriously.
Um, I’ll have 245, please.