Valentine’s Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
Valentine’s peanut butter M&M cookies is the perfect Valentine’s Day cookie for gifting. Easy cookie dough to make and bake. The best peanut butter cookie with pink and red flare.
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The best M&M cookies that come with a peanut butter soft outside. Best peanut butter cookies with a soft crunch. Bake them a little less for complete softness.
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Beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla together until fluffy. When working in the stand mixer I like to do wet first and dry to the side.
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Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to wet mixture, beating until well blended. If you have a guard for the stand mixer using it can help from a mess.
![Cookie mixture in the stand mixer.](https://www.mooshujenne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ValentinesPeanutButterMMCookiesSmall13-1024x683.jpg)
Fold in the one cup M&M candies. Reserve the 1/3 cup for placing on top when they come out of the oven. I do this with gloves or clean food tweezers.
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Baking M&M Peanut Butter Cookies
Drop a tablespoon of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. When scooping the dough be sure to get some M&M’s into each scoop. Bake the cookies for 12 minutes for a crunchy edge and soft center.
![Cookie dough on parchment paper on a baking sheet.](https://www.mooshujenne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ValentinesPeanutButterMMCookiesSmall10-683x1024.jpg)
When the Valentine’s day cookies come out of the oven with a cookie scoop carefully move to a cooling rack. At this time add a few more M&M’s to the top of the cookie.
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Adding the M&M’s to the top of the Valentine’s peanut butter M&M cookies adds flare. Makes the M&M’s stand out so people know just what kind of peanut butter cookie this is.
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Make Ahead and Store Cookies
These M&M cookie’s are easily made in advance. Bag them up for a party. To store them keep them in an airtight container for up to a week. This keeps the cookie soft and fresh.
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Variations For Peanut Butter Cookies
Use different M&M’s for other variations in this peanut butter cookie. Add green M&M’s for a St. Patrick’s Day cookie or purple M&M’s with green for a Mardi Gras cookie.
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These Valentine’s Day cookies are fantastic for class parties, cookie trays, Valentine’s Day charcuterie boards. Simple and cute for gift to a loved on Valentine’s as well.
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Enjoy making these soft peanut butter cookies for your loved ones. We have a few more cookies recipes below. These cookie recipes are fantastic to make a cookie charcuterie board.
Cookie Recipes:
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Valentine’s Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/3 cups Valentine’s M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla together until fluffy.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to wet mixture, beating until well blended. Fold in the one cup M&M candies. Reserve the 1/3 cup for placing on top when they come out of the oven.
- Drop a tablespoon of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 12 minutes until lightly browned.
- Immediately after removing from the oven, carefully press 2-3 pieces of M&M's candies to the top of the cookies. Place the cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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