Description
Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies are festive, colorful treats that combine a variety of sweet and salty mix-ins like M&M's, white chocolate chips, pretzels, and potato chips. These chewy, flavorful cookies are perfect for holiday celebrations and offer a delightful crunch and burst of sweetness in every bite.
Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
- 3/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Mix-ins
- 1/2 cup red and green M&M's
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup pretzel pieces
- 1/3 cup potato chip pieces
- 2 tbsp red and green jimmies (sprinkles)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside to prepare for baking.
- Cream butter and sugars: In a large bowl, add the softened salted butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Using an electric mixer, cream them together for two minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks and vanilla: Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla bean paste or extract on medium speed for about two minutes until the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
- Add dry ingredients: Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the wet mixture. Mix until fully combined to form the cookie dough.
- Fold in mix-ins: Gently fold the M&M's, white chocolate chips, pretzel pieces, potato chip pieces, and red and green jimmies into the dough using a spatula until evenly distributed.
- Form cookie balls: Scoop the dough into 20 balls and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about two inches apart. Optionally, you can add extra mix-ins on top of the dough balls for decoration.
- Bake the cookies: Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes for cookies with crisp edges or 10 minutes for chewier centers.
- Shape the cookies: (Optional) Immediately after baking, use a large circular cookie cutter to swirl around each cookie, giving them a perfect round shape.
- Cool the cookies: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack and cool for an additional 10 minutes.
- Store leftovers: Once cooled, store any leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to three days to maintain freshness.
Notes
- Measure your flour properly by spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling it off with a knife, or weigh it for accuracy (1 cup equals 125 grams) to avoid dense cookies.
- Shaping the cookies immediately after baking with a cookie cutter helps achieve a uniform and attractive round look.
- Adding extra mix-ins on top of the cookie dough balls before baking is optional, but it enhances the cookies' festive appearance and texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
