I have a bit of a sweet tooth, and at times it gets me into
trouble. I’m known for tossing a random bag of oreos into the grocery cart or
buying candy corn in bulk the moment Fall rolls around. I’m a big fan of
m&ms in particular and buy all of the seasonal assortments as soon as they
hit the shelves. When I saw this recipe on Pinterest for apparently the perfect
m&m cookies I figured I’d use a naptime to try my hand at some home baking.
Those of you who have been following my blog for awhile know that my baking
escapades usually end in comedic disaster. But I have an awesome oven now and
lately I’ve been really itching to hone my domestic skills. One Tuesday got off
to a particularly rough start so when Forest’s afternoon nap actually happened,
I decided to whip up some comfort food.
I have to say, without temperature and
measurement conversions or lost in translation cultural nuances concerning
sugar and flour or figuring out a persnickety European oven, baking isn’t half
as intimidating in California as it was in Scotland. I didn’t have a single
mishap or head scratching moment during the entire joining of ingredients. (P.S
The secret ingredient that make these cookies so delightful is 3 tablespoons of
instant vanilla pudding powder.)
I made two separate batches because I wanted
to have one chewy batch (Jon’s preference) and one crunchy batch (my fave).
Both batches came out deliciously and I was quite proud of myself for not
butchering a simple cookie recipe.
They totally hit the spot. So much so that
after they were gone I still had a pesky m&m cookie craving that I just
couldn’t shake. One day I decided to
act. I didn’t have a pack of the secret ingredient instant vanilla pudding so I
searched my ‘Sweet Tooth’ Pinterest board (true story) for an alternate recipe and
landed on this scrumptious recipe for chewy m&m cookie bars.
OMG, y’all. Sinfully
good. So good that Jon and I ate the whole batch in 2 days. For reals. He
thinks we should go on a diet but I know now that I can never go back to life
before these cookie bars. (And I wonder why I just can't seem to lose those last 5 pesky pregnancy pounds...)
Just make them with a few peanut butter m&ms
thrown in and tell me they aren’t worth carrying around a little extra baby weight for. Totally 100% worth it. Happy baking!
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Oh my goodness, these look absolutely amazing! Your real life version looks every bit as good as the Pinterest version . . . this is something I have yet to experience in my own kitchen. :-P
ReplyDeleteAlso, you (and Forest!) are the winner(s!) of the Enfagrow giveaway on my blog--yay for you! Would you mind emailing me with your mailing address so I can pass it along to the folks at Enfagrow? Thanks so much! (rachelfbrown@gmail.com)