Pumpkin Spice M&M Cookies

Today is National Homemade Cookie Day and to celebrate Fall (and all things pumpkin!), I've created a new cookie recipe for you: Pumpkin Spice M&M Cookies. I love finding new products when I go shopping and this time it was Pumpkin Spice M&M's. They also had a candy corn flavor, but I'm not a huge fan of candy corn. I try not to bake cookies often because they don't last long in this house. Seriously...just because I have girls doesn't mean they don't eat me out of house and home like those teenaged boys I hear about! These...gone in under 24 hours. I guess they liked them. :)

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Pumpkin Spice M&M Cookies
Adapted from Nestles Toll House Cookies
Total Time: 30 minutes          Yield: 2 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 c. All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1 c. Butter, softened
• 3/4 c. Granulated Sugar
• 3/4 c. Light Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1- 9.9oz. Bag Pumpkin Spice M&M Candy

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin spice in a small bowl. Set aside. 
3. In a large bowl, combine the butter, both sugars, vanilla and eggs. Mix well. 
4. Gradually add in the flour mixture until the dough forms; then stir in the candy. 
5. Drop a kitchen teaspoon full of dough onto a nonstick baking sheet (or lined with parchment paper) and repeat keeping 2" apart. 
6. Bake for 9-11 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool. 

Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts per Cookie

Calories 165, Carbs 22.6g, Fat 7.7g, Protein 1.5g, Fiber .5g, Sugar 15.5g

*Calculations based on ingredients entered into Calorie Count and may not be 100% accurate. 

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