Description
Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies are festive, colorful, and packed with a delightful mix of sweet, salty, and crunchy ingredients. These cookies combine classic flavors like M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzels, and potato chips into one delicious treat perfect for holiday celebrations or anytime you want a fun, indulgent cookie.
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- 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
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 Oven: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside for baking.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: In a large bowl, add softened salted butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Using an electric mixer, cream together for two minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy, incorporating air for better texture.
- Add Egg Yolks and Vanilla: Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla bean paste or extract on medium speed for two minutes, until the mixture is pale in color and fluffy, ensuring a smooth base for the cookie dough.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the mixture. Mix on low speed until just combined without overworking the dough to maintain a tender cookie.
- Fold in Mix-Ins: Gently fold in the red and green M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzel pieces, potato chip pieces, and red and green jimmies with a spatula, ensuring an even distribution without crushing the mix-ins.
- Shape Cookies: Scoop the dough into 20 equally sized balls and place them on the prepared baking sheets, spacing each ball about two inches apart to allow for spreading.
- Optional – Decorate: Add a few extra mix-ins on top of each cookie dough ball for a festive look, enhancing visual appeal while baking.
- Bake Cookies: Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. For chewier centers, bake for 10 minutes; for crisper edges, bake up to 12 minutes. Monitor closely to avoid burning.
- Optional – Shape Cookies: Immediately after removing from the oven, use a large circular cookie cutter to gently swirl around each cookie to create a perfect round shape by pushing together the edges and mix-ins.
- Cool Cookies: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes to set, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely for about 10 minutes.
- Storage: Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days to maintain freshness and texture.
Notes
- Measure your flour properly: Avoid scooping flour directly with the measuring cup as it can lead to too much flour and dry cookies. Instead, spoon flour into the cup and level it off with a knife, or weigh the flour for accuracy (1 cup = 125 grams).
- Cookie Shaping: Use a round cookie cutter immediately after baking to shape cookies perfectly by swirling the cutter to press the edges together for a neat appearance.
- Extra Mix-Ins: Adding extra M&M’s, pretzels, or sprinkles on top of cookie dough balls before baking adds festive color and texture, making the cookies visually appealing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 130mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
