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Rainbow Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

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Rainbow peanut butter M&M cookies filled with chocolate chips, rainbow sprinkles, and colorful M&M candies.

Ingredients

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113 grams unsalted butter, softened (1/2 cup / 1 stick)
200 grams granulated sugar (1 cup), plus more for rolling
100 grams light brown sugar (1/2 cup, packed)
130 grams peanut butter (1/2 cup)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
180 grams all purpose flour (1 1/3 cups)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
200 grams mini M&Ms (1 cup), plus more to decorate
175 grams semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
125 grams rainbow baking chips* (1/2 cup), optional, see notes
50 grams rainbow sprinkles (1/4 cup)

Instructions

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt.

Dry ingredients in a bowl

In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, whip butter until light and fluffy.

Whipped butter in a bowl

Add sugars and mix on medium-high speed until well combined.

Butter and sugars in a mixing bowl

Mix in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract.

whipped cookie dough in a bowl

Add the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until just combined.

Adding dry ingredients to peanut butter cookie dough

Bowl of peanut butter cookie dough

Stir in the mini M&Ms, semi sweet chocolate chips, rainbow sprinkles, and rainbow baking chips, if using.

Bowl of M&M cookie dough

Cover bowl with clingfilm/plastic wrap and refrigerate, at least one hour or overnight.

bowl of cookie dough covered in plastic wrap

Preheat oven to 375° F / 190° C. Line a half sheet rimmed baking tray with parchment or a silicone baking mat.

With a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, scoop dough into 24 portions.

Bowl of cookie dough with a cookie scoop

Scoops of cookie dough on a marble surface

With your hands, roll each scoop into a ball. Arrange half of the balls on prepared baking tray. Refrigerate remaining dough until ready to bake.

Balls of cookie dough on a tray

Use your fingertips to flatten slightly. Press a few extra mini M&Ms on top of each ball.

Hand pressing down balls of cookie dough

M&M cookie dough on a tray

Bake for 14-15 minutes, or until just very lightly golden brown around the edges. Do not overbake.

Rainbow M&M cookies on a tray

For perfectly round cookies, quickly reshape with a round metal cutter.

Hand reshaping a cookie with a round cutter

Tray of rainbow peanut butter M&M cookies

Cool on tray for 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.

Cookies with M&Ms arranged on a wire rack

Store peanut butter M&M cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days.

Rainbow cookies on a white surface

 

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Notes

*If you can’t find rainbow baking chips, you can substitute rainbow candy-coated sunflower seeds or another rainbow candy of your choice, or omit altogether.

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