M&M Christmas Cookie Bars
The perfect Christmas dessert, a chocolate chip cookie bar filled with festive christmas m&m candies. Don't forget to leave a few for Santa Cookies.
Servings: 20 bars
Calories: 259kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour all purpose
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 10 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips semi sweet
- 1 cup m&ms divided (red & green for xmas)
- Non-stick spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Melt butter. Set aside to cool for a minute or two.
- Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- Using either a stand mixer or a hand mixer, mix together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Add egg and extract. Mix until smooth. Continue to mix, adding the flour mixture in small amounts, until all combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and ½ C m&ms.
- Press the mixture into prepared baking pan evenly. Lightly press the remaining mms onto the surface of the dough. (this will ensure you see the bright colors on top of the bars).
- Bake 25-30 minutes until lightly browned and sides begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Cool before cutting into squares.
Nutrition
Calories: 259kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 145mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 212IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg