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Thick & Chewy M & M Cookie Bars!

Thick & Chewy M & M Cookie Bars!

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So excited to bring you these delicious cookie bars!

They can literally be made with M & M’s or even nuts- either way,

they are SO good!
They are perfectly chewy and thick!

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I did red and green for the Christmas season but these can easily be changed for ANY occasion! Even upcoming Valentines day

using V-Day colored M & Ms 🙂

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The recipe

M & M Cookie Bars!

  • Servings0

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup softened salted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups red and green M&M's

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350f
  2. Line a 8x8" baking pan with aluminum foil, and grease with a non stick cooking spray
  3. In a large mixing bowl beat together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  4. Then mix in your egg, peanut butter, and vanilla extract
  5. Now mix in your flour until you have a thick dough
  6. Fold in one cup of your M&Ms and press your cookie dough into your baking pan
  7. Press the rest of your M&M's into the top of your bars and bake for 20-25 minutes
  8. Let cool and lift up aluminum foil to remove your bars
  9. Cut into nine squares and carefully cut all sides off of the bars
  10. ENJOY!