Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
Christmas chocolate chip cookies made with m&m's, toasty brown butter, swirls of marshmallow, and topped with a little chocolate snowman.
Ingredients
- 113 g unsalted butter (½ c.)
- 100 g dark brown sugar (½ c.)
- 50 g granulated sugar (¼ c.)
- 1 egg room temperature
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- 160 g all purpose flour (1 ⅓ c.)
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 70 g semi-sweet chocolate (⅓ c. +.1 tbsp.)
- 60 g holiday blend m&m's (¼ c.)
- 60 g marshmallow fluff (½ c.)
- 8 ghirardelli snowmen
Instructions
- In a small saucepan set over medium heat, brown the butter. Stir the butter occasionally until it turns amber in color and develops little brown specks.
- Transfer the brown butter to a medium sized mixing bowl and set it in the freezer for 5 minutes to chill. You should be left with at least 90g of brown butter, if you have a little less (2-3g), just add in some water until you reach 90g. If you have way less than 90g, you cooked the butter for too long and will need to start again.
- Once the butter has cooled down a bit, whisk in both sugars.
- Whisk in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- Add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Use a rubber spatula to fold the mixture together just until a few flour streaks remain.
- Add in the chocolate and m&m's and fold just until no flour streaks remain.
- Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up.*
- Once you're ready to make the cookies, preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Marble dollops of marshmallow fluff on top of the cookie dough. Scoop out heaping 3 tbsp. scoops of dough. (If you chilled the dough for longer, you may need to wait 10-20 minutes for it to become soft enough to scoop.) Once you have used all of the marshmallow fluff on top, add on some more. Place the cookies spread apart to allow room for spreading.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies start to turn golden brown.
- Once the cookies come out of the oven, I recommend "scooting" them. This just means take a bowl, cup, or biscuit cutter that is slightly larger than the cookie, place it on top of the cookie, and swirl the bowl around to make the cookie a little more round.
- Press one holiday snowman chocolate into each cookie while they are still warm, about 5 minutes after taking them out of the oven. Then, immediately place them in the fridge or freezer for 5-10 minutes to prevent the snowmen from melting. Serve and enjoy!
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*At this point you could transfer the dough to an airtight container and keep it in the fridge for up to 2 days before baking. If you’d like longer term storage, scoop the dough out right after putting it together, and freeze the dough spaced apart on a sheet lined with parchment paper. Once the dough balls are frozen, transfer them to an airtight container or ziploc bag and keep them in the freezer for up to 1 month before baking. Before baking, I’d recommend letting them come to room temperature for 20 minutes or letting them defrost in the fridge overnight.
**This recipe makes 8 decently big cookies. If you’d like to make 10 smaller cookies, only scoop out 3 tbsp. scoops (not heaping)
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 416kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 4gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 256mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 404IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 2mg