Cinnamon Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

A twist on the traditional chocolate chip cookie, these Cinnamon Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies are full of flavor, chocolate and are sure to please everyone!

If you've been reading Java Cupcake for a while, you may know I kind of have an obsession with buying seasonal candy for baking.  Yesterday, I may or may not have bought 10 bags of Christmas candy.  Ya, I know.  I may have a problem.

Think there's a Holiday Candy Lovers Anonymous group?  Maybe I should ask Crazy for Crust or Love From the Oven... they seem to have the same problem I do. #foodbloggerproblems

Anyhoo... I realized last week that I had bought Fall themed M&Ms and have yet to use them.  And with Thanksgiving just a few weeks away I figured I needed to jump on that train and make some cookies!

Tonight, I'm Snack Mom for my daughter's Girl Scout Troop.  I asked Emily what the other moms had been bringing for snack and she told me they had deli sandwiches, fruit, chips and drinks.

Woah.  That's a lot of  "snack".

My idea of a snack is cookies or fruit or popcorn or granola bars.  Something homemade, even.  So yeah... these girls won't be getting deli sandwiches.  They'll be getting cinnamon chocolate chip M&M cookies with milk.  Lots of cookies.  Lots of milk.

I started with my Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe for these cookies.  This recipe makes a cookie that's crisp on the edges, chewy in the middle and has chunks of chocolate chips perfectly running through them.  Yeah... they're bomb.   But, because it's Fall... I wanted to add another layer of flavor to the cookies and decided to add cinnamon to the batter.  YUM!

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Also, because I didn't have all day for these cookies, instead of chilling them in the refrigerator, I popped them in the freezer for a couple hours the baked them.  The butter int he dough just needed to bet set up enough so that the cookies didn't run all over the pan when baking.   I place a couple extra M&Ms on top of each ball of dough, just to make them pretty and BAM... Cinnamon Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies!

Perfect for Girl Scouts.  Perfect for Fall.  Perfect.

Enjoy!

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Yield: 4 dozen cookies

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

Prep Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Ingredients

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• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsps baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tbsps ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup sugar
• 24 tablespoon (3 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
• 2 eggs + 2 egg yolks, large
• 2 Tbsps vanilla
• 1 bag M&Ms in Fall colors, divided
• ¾ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, corn starch and salt.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugars until no more clumps remain. Add the butter and continue whisking until smooth.
3. Add the eggs and vanilla and whisk until incorporated.
4. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the wet ingredients. Mix with a wooden spoon until just combined.
5. Reserve ⅓ cup M&Ms then add the remaining with the chocolate chips and fold together.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 2 hours. If you have time refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.
7. When you're ready to bake, preheat oven to 325 F degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
8. Roll 6 large balls of dough and place evenly on the prepared cookie sheet. Press 3-4 of the reserved M&Ms onto each ball.
9. Bake 11-13 minutes or until the tops are a light golden color. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Remove immediately.
10. Allow cookies to cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
11. Repeat process with all the cookie dough.
12. Eat warm! Store cookies in an air tight container for up to 5 days.

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