Chewy Oatmeal M&M Cookies Recipe

A stack of chewy oatmeal M&M cookies studded with colorful candy pieces.

These chewy Oatmeal M&M Cookies pack brown sugar oatmeal dough with two full cups of candy, no chilling required, from bowl to cookie jar in 20 minutes.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Oatmeal M&M Cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings cookies

Calories 264kcal

Author Jason Decker

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
14 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
¾ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups quick oats
2 cups M&Ms

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line sheet trays with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt, mix well and set aside.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon kosher salt
With a hand mixer in a large bowl or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and both sugars until creamy, 2 minutes.
14 Tablespoons unsalted butter, ¾ cup light brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar
Add eggs, one at a time. Then add in the vanilla, mix well.
2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add the flour mixture in batches until thoroughly combined. Scrape down the sides as needed.
Next add the oats and mix. Lastly add the M&Ms and stir to combine.
2 ½ cups quick oats, 2 cups M&Ms
With a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, drop rounded tablespoonfuls of the dough on the lined sheet trays. Make sure the cookies are about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 9-10 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Take out of the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for a minute.
Using a spatula take cookies off the cookie sheet and let them cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes

We like milk chocolate M&M’s in this recipe but feel free to use other kids, see tips above.
Quick-cooking oats are what we prefer to use for this recipe but you can use rolled oats but you will get a different texture and slightly different flavor.
You can add in chocolate chips if you’d like.
These can be frozen, see my tips above.
Double this batch easily.

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