{"id":2438,"date":"2026-11-09T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:44:07","slug":"christmas-mm-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2438","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients:<br><\/strong>1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened<br>3\/4 cup granulated sugar<br>3\/4 cup packed brown sugar<br>2 large eggs<br>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br>2 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour<br>1 teaspoon baking soda<br>1\/2 teaspoon salt<br>1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips<br>1 cup red and green M&amp;M&#8217;s candies (plus extra for pressing on top)<br><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C) and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix Wet Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until smooth and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition, then stir in the vanilla extract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dry Ingredients should be combined: Separately whisk together the baking soda, all-purpose flour, and salt in a bowl. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet mixture gradually until everything is well mixed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add mix-ins: Using a spatula, carefully fold in the red and green M&amp;M&#8217;s candies and chocolate chips.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scoop and Bake: Leave enough room between the dough balls (approximately 2 tablespoons each) as you place them on the prepared baking sheet. Add some more M&amp;Ms to the top of each dough ball.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bake until the centers are still soft and the edges are golden brown, 9\u201311 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for five minutes before placing them on a wire rack to cool fully.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2447\">Whipped Shortbread Cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2444\">3 Ingredient Ranch Butter Foil Packet Pork Chops Slow Cooker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2438\">Christmas Cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2435\">Chocolate Dipped Butter Cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/?p=2432\">Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients:1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened3\/4 cup granulated sugar3\/4 cup packed brown sugar2 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1\/2 teaspoon salt1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips1 cup red and green M&amp;M&#8217;s candies (plus extra for pressing on top)Instructions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boodiz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}