4th of July Cookies
Serves 2415 mins prep11 mins cook
Create these festive 4th of July cookies with red, white, and blue M&M's and cookie dough. They are the perfect, easy dessert for the holiday!
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What you need

tsp baking soda

tsp salt

cup butter

cup granulated sugar

cup light-brown sugar

tsp vanilla extract

egg nog

cup mini chocolate chips
cup m&ms
Instructions
0 Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. 1 Combine room-temperature butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Cream together with an electric mixer or stand mixer. 2 Stir eggs into creamed butter and sugar mixture. 3 Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. 4 Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix by hand, or with an electric mixer. 5 Separate the dough into three equal sections and place in bowls. Add red food coloring to one bowl and blue food coloring to the other bowl. Mix the dough until it reaches the desired shades of red and blue. 6 Combine the original cookie dough with the red dough and blue dough. 7 Mix in mini chocolate chips and M&M's. 8 Scoop out 1" dough balls using a cookie scoop or by hand with a spoon. 9 Place dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Gently press each ball down using your fingers and add additional M&M's on top if desired. 10 Bake at 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes until the edges are golden brown.View original recipe

