M&M cookies

All credit goes to Da's niece, MAT for the lovely M&M cookies that you see in this post.

MAT and I were chatting on msn one day and making plans for her stay-over at our place. She has been developing an interest in baking and we were discussing what to bake when she came over. She asked me about using M&M in cookies. I did not have any recipe for M&M cookies but baking is all about improvising and using whatever you have. As such, I asked her to go ahead and buy some M&Ms and we could see what we could do with the M&Ms.

As it turned out, the cookies were a hit with MAT's relatives when she brought some home for them to try. In fact, all the cookies that she baked did not last the night. She gleefully sent me a text message that night to inform me that the cookies had run out.

Well done, sweetie!

INGREDIENTS

120g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
50g butter (softened)
30g castor sugar
1 tbsp low fat milk
1/4 cup mini M&Ms

METHOD

1. Sift the plain flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

3. Add the milk and mix well.

4. Fold in the flour mixture using a wooden spatula.

5. Stir in the M&Ms. The dough will be quite crumbly.

6. Knead the dough in the bowl until it is smooth and a ball forms. Keep the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

7. Turn the dough onto a floured board. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into 5 mm thickness.

10. Cut the cookies using a cookie cutter.

11. Place the cookies on a baking tray that has been lined with baking paper.

12. Bake in an oven preheated to 160 degrees celsius for 15 minutes.

13. Let the cookies cool thoroughly on a wire rack before storing them in an air-tight container.