Patriotic M&M Sugar Cookies Baked Until the Edges Set

Patriotic M&M Sugar Cookies Baked Until the Edges Set keeps the shopping list focused on all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt. It serves 20 Cookies.

Count on 35 minutes of prep, 8 minutes of cooking, about 43 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• ½ cup buttermilk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg white room temperature
• 1 cup M&M's

How the cooking goes

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
2. Beat together flour soda, salt, and soda. Keep it to one side.
3. Stir shortening, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until very light and fluffy in a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with a hand mixer.
4. Reduce speed to low then mix in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
5. Whip egg white stiff. It will whip up faster if you bring the egg white to ambient temperature and then beat with chilled beaters in a chilled bowl. Fold beaten egg white into batter. Fold through M&M’s.
6. Drop rounded tablespoons of batter onto a greased cookie sheet 3” apart.
7. Bake until the surface is deep gold. Mine took 8-10 minutes.

After it comes off the heat

Cool the sheet on a rack before the pieces are stacked. A covered tin keeps them for a few days.

If you want another plate from Cookies, open Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Baked Until the Edges Set and Cherry Orange Molasses Cookies with a Soft Middle.