I remember the first week when Pretzel M&M's were on the market. It was basically a mad dash for the market to see who could buy them all first. Clearly I won. I stocked up on pounds and pounds of these little morsels of goodness and stashed them away in my pantry for a rainy day. Here's the deal, Pretzel M&M's are my jam. They are the perfect combo of sweet and salty and the bottom line is that you need them in your life.
Lucky for you, my friend Maria from Two Peas and their Pod has you covered! Maria and I have known each other for a few years now. She's the first person I became friends with in the food blogging world and I can vividly remember our first Blogher Food conference together.  In fact without her, I wouldn't have even made it to the conference since she found me a ticket at the last minute! She's a total doll and I'm so excited for her because she has a gorgeous new e-cookbook out! Cookie Cravings. And when I say gorgeous, I really mean it! Heidi from Foodie Crush did all the photography for the book and it is beautiful. You literally turn each page and want to eat each and every cookie. You see, Maria is the cookie queen. That girl knows her cookies! And I'm a sucker for a good cookie! It's one of the many reasons we get along so well 🙂
And without further ado... here is one of my favorites from Maria's new book!
Jumbo Pretzel M&M Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 ¾ cups AP Flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter at room temp
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Pretzel M&M's
- 1 cup chopped pretzels
- sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- In a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugars until smooth. About 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Stir in the chocolate chips, pretzel M&M's and chopped pretzels.
- Using a ¼ cup scoop, scoop the dough onto the baking sheets. 6 cookies per baking sheet since they are jumbo! Using the palm of your hand, flatten out the cookies a bit and sprinkle with a touch of sea salt.
- Bake the cookies for 12 minutes until the edges just barely turn golden brown. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Repeat the process with the remaining dough.
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One? That,s tough. I am constantly eating peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies that taste like shortbread. I even went so far to add some nutella to it. I have to stop baking them because I am Soooo weak. Jen
I never met a cookie I didn't like, but plain shortbread is hard to beat. Butter, flour and a little sugar, what more do you need.
I absolutely love oatmeal chocolate chip, preferably with milk chocolate (although cookies in general are by far my favorite dessert/treat). The oatmeal chocolate chip cookies I make are fairly crispy and the oatmeal does a good job of balancing the rich sweetness. I try other versions everywhere I go and I've only ever found one bakery whose cookie rivaled my own. They eventually published a cookbook that included the recipe and it was my exact recipe!! I consider that proof that mine really are the best! 🙂
My favorite cookie is my grandmother's cutout sugar cookie. She used to make them for me every year, but now I carry on the tradition. They are thin, crispy, and buttery good. Plus you can make them into ANY shape you want and decorate them with ANY colored sugar. Endless fun and now I'm craving them!
My all-time, resistance-is-futile, favorite cookies are Snickerdoodles. I have loved them since childhood. My grandmother used to make a variety of cookies and Christmas and serve them on a platter. I would pick through all of them to find the Snickerdoodles which were buried beneath other, more colorful, holiday cookies. I absolutely adore their cracked appearance, and crunchy, cinnamon-sugary crunchiness, which contradicts the soft center. It's sweet bliss!
Gooey, warm, chocolate, and lots and lots and lots and lots of butter!!!! Go Paula Deen!!!!!!
Classic Chocolate chip!
My mother’s Christmas cookies with my strong espresso are my favorite!
Oatmeal Raisin. Classic
Oh gosh. Chocolate Chip cookies are the best. I absolutely love them. They're simple but when made just right they are amazing!
oh my, I think my favorite is oatmeal! You can dress it up or leave it original and still great! My biggest reason tho I think is because my mom started making them for , not as a kid but as an adult when I would come to visit, and I now always make them for my grands when they come to visit!
My favorite cookie is Panera's Toffee Nut. It's chewy, buttery and has bits of fabulous toffee and brazil nuts.
Oh my gosh - I want one now!! I want to try to recreate them at home, but then again that could be very dangerous 🙂
chocolate chip cookies are my favorite
I like chocolate chip nut cookies.
My favorite cookie is oatmel chocolate chip. I just love the combo they make in a chewy soft cookie!!