Olympic Games Oatmeal M&M Cookies

But the best part of making them was when I saw my daughter’s face light up when I asked her to sort the M&Ms. Can you think of a better job for a nine-year-old?! The only color we didn’t use was orange, so guess where those M&Ms went?

Olympic Games Oatmeal M&M Cookies

Makes: 20 cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups quick or old-fashioned rolled oats, uncooked
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 package of M&Ms

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350F

In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Mix on high for about 2 minutes.

In a second mixing bowl, add the oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until combined.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet, about 1/3 at a time, mixing on low until combined.

The dough comes together very easily. You can make it in about 10 minutes.

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Roll pieces of dough into small balls and flatten with your hands.

Next, put your cookies in the oven for 7-9 minutes.

Take the cookies out of the oven just when they’re close to done but still soft, and with your M&Ms nearby, gently push the M&Ms onto the cookies in a ring. I used 8 M&Ms per cookie.

You want to work while the cookies are hot so the M&Ms will stick. If they don’t all stick, use a little white decorating gel to “glue” them in place.

Because of all the M&Ms in the cookies, I was able to reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe. I felt good about that. And the real judge in the family, my daughter, thought they were delicious!