Candy Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar (or up to 1/2 cup)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (or up to 1/2 cup)
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup m&m's plain chocolate candy
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 cream sugars, butter, and shortening together.
• 4 add in vanilla and egg; beat well.
• 5 sprinkle baking soda and salt over mixture, and add in flours; mix well.
• 6 stir in m&ms.
• 7 measure dough by the teaspoon onto the cookie sheets. these do not spread very much, so you can put them fairly close together.
• 8 bake for about 8 minutes, or until they just start to brown.
• 9 remove from oven; allow them to cool on the baking sheet for a minute before removing them to cook completely on wire racks.