M&M Vanilla Pudding Cookies

After a tiring morning of taking the ACT, I decided to do a little baking to get my mind working again--those tests always make me brain dead ): I saw a pin on pinterest the other day for M&M Pudding Cookies and they looked AMAZING so I thought I should try them for a soccer dinner party tonight. How To Make Perfect M&M Cookies.

I asked my brother to help me make these cookies and in return I promised him that he would get to try the cookie dough. He said the dough was amazing and he wanted me to make him another batch without the m&ms and chocolate chips because they "tasted better". Hopefully they taste good both ways! I cant taste them so I have no way of telling you guys what they taste like, so I will just have to get opinions from my soccer team (: 

The recipe is quite simple and fast! It only took me about 30 minutes from start to finish to bake these delicious little things. In the recipe I used, I substituted mini chocolate chips and m&m for normal sized ones (: I think if you use the mini ones the cookies come out flatter and a little bigger, but thick cookies are good too! If you want to see a step by step guide on how to make the cookies, check out my snapguide. 
Read more to see the recipe! 

Ingredients: 

1. 1/2 cup butter
2. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
3. 1/2 cup brown sugar
4. 1 egg
5. 1/2 tsp vanilla
6. 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
7. 3 tbsp instant vanilla pudding mix
8. 1/2 tsp baking soda
9. 1/2 tsp salt
10. 3/4 cup chocolate chips
11. 3/4 cup M&M ( or 3 individual sized bags) 

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment (oven) paper. 
• Combine butter and both sugars in a bowl and cream until well combined. 
• Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.
• Add flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt into the batter and mix together until you get a consistent dough.
• Once you get a consistent dough, add the chocolate chips and M&Ms and stir together by hand
• Spoon out the dough into 1 -1 1/2 inch balls and place on the cookie sheets. 
• Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. (the original recipe said 10, but my cookies weren't done at that time so I let them cook longer)