Description
These Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies are a festive and fun treat packed with a delightful mix of ingredients like M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzels, potato chips, and colorful sprinkles. Perfect for holiday celebrations, these cookies combine sweet, salty, and crunchy textures for a truly indulgent cookie experience.
Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
- 3/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Mix-Ins
- 1/2 cup red and green M&M’s
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup pretzel pieces
- 1/3 cup potato chip pieces
- 2 tbsp red and green jimmies (sprinkles)
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare Baking Sheets: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside for easy cookie removal and cleaning.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a large mixing bowl, add the softened salted butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Using an electric mixer, cream them together for about two minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy, which helps create a tender cookie texture.
- Add Egg Yolks and Vanilla: Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla bean paste or extract on medium speed for two minutes until the mixture becomes pale in color and fluffy, incorporating air for a better crumb.
- Incorporate Dry Ingredients: Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the wet mixture. Mix on low speed or fold gently until just combined, ensuring not to overmix to keep cookies tender.
- Add Mix-Ins: Fold in the red and green M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzel pieces, potato chip pieces, and red and green jimmies using a spatula until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Form Cookie Balls: Scoop the dough into 20 equal-sized balls and place them two inches apart on the prepared baking sheets to allow room for spreading.
- Optional Decoration: Optionally, press a few extra mix-ins on top of each cookie dough ball for a festive appearance, as pictured in the original recipe.
- Bake the Cookies: Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Bake for 10 minutes to achieve chewier centers or 12 minutes for crisper edges, depending on your preference.
- Optional Shaping: Immediately after removing from the oven, use a large circular cookie cutter to gently swirl around each cookie to create perfectly round shapes by pushing the cookie together.
- Cooling: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes to set, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely for about 10 minutes, ensuring they firm up properly.
- Storage: Store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days to maintain freshness.
Notes
- Measure your flour properly: Avoid scooping flour directly with the measuring cup, which can lead to using too much flour. Instead, spoon flour into the cup and level it off with a knife, or weigh your flour for accuracy (1 cup = 125 grams).
- Use a cookie cutter after baking: To achieve perfectly round cookies, swirl a large circular cookie cutter around each cookie right when they come out of the oven. This technique pushes the cookie dough into a uniform shape.
- Add extra mix-ins on top: Pressing additional M&M’s, chips, or sprinkles on top of the cookie dough balls before baking is totally optional but adds a cute and festive look to your cookies.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
