Once in awhile my family will make these chocolate chip cookies for a holiday, party, or just to have around the house. The recipe was passed down from my mother’s grandma. I made them this time and decided to add mini-M&M’s – they are optional.

Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ cup butter: melted & cooled
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini-M&M’s

Directions

1. Sift dry ingredients
2. Cream butter & sugars until blended
3. Beat in vanilla, egg, and egg yolk
4. Mix in sifted ingredients
5. Stir in chocolate chips and mini-M&M’s
6. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
7. Roll dough out into even balls
8. Bake for 11-14 minutes

Tips

• Use an ice cream scoop to make even sized balls of dough
• Press extra mini-M&M’s onto the top of the dough before baking to make them stand out
• If you press the dough down before cooking, the cookies will be flatter. If you leave them as balls, the cookies will be thicker
• When you think the cookies are done, press a toothpick down into the center of one. If no dough comes off onto it, they are done.
• To keep the cookies soft, put a piece of bread in the container you are storing them in.