Brown Butter M&M Sprinkle Cookies

Ingredient household children RISE !!

So many of the things I make derive from me just craving things. I grew up in an ingredient household & now that I’ve moved out, I find myself stuck with ingredients. Mini M&M’s in my pantry ?? brown butter M&M cookies. resourceful.

Why measure with your heart?

You may see in my recipes that I do not provide a measurement for vanilla and occasionally for other ingredients. I like to allow you as much creative freedom as possible without destroying the recipe. I trust your instincts. Now obviously don’t go and pour the entire bottle of vanilla in your batter, but it’s not one of those ingredients you have to be super meticulous with. If I don’t measure it why should you?

For a pinch of salt I pour the salt in my hand and use my pointer finger and thumb to pinch, then add it to my bowl.

All of my recipes are written as I do them.

From a young age, my mom used to always get on me for not following recipes to a T, but as I got older I realized that the creative freedom I gave myself fueled my love for baking. In the kitchen I allow my mind to wander and test the limits of each recipe. Sometimes resulting in disaster but more often than not resulting in a delicious outcome.

One Bowl for wet and dry ingredients ???

I know! Crazy right?! In recipes, to minimize the number of dishes I have to do at the end of the night I tend to do everything in one bowl. Recipes usually tell you to mix dry and wet ingredients separately so you don’t accidentally overmix your batter. Feel free to combine the dry ingredients separately if your heart truly desires. Just make sure dry ingredients are fully incorporated before continuing to the next step. If you are nervous about overmixing you can also use a spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet; that generally helps me.

Prep Time: 15 mins | Chill time: 30 mins | Bake time: 12-15 mins

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup brown butter

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

• splash vanilla

• 1 cup flour

• pinch salt

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 cup mini M&M’s - you can use more or less M&M’s as you please. I prefer a lot of M&M’s but you can always just do 1/4 cup if you would like!

• 1/4 cup sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Start by adding 1/2 cup butter to a medium saucepan and melt on medium-low heat. Keep stirring until your butter begins to foam and turn brown. It should start to omit a nutty aroma; BE CAREFUL not to burn! The butter can go from browned to burnt very quickly. Remove from the heat and allow your butter to cool.

   • You can also completely skip this step and just use softened butter!

2. Cream together your butter and both sugars on medium speed for about 3 minutes.

3. + Egg & vanilla extract & mix well until creamy & smooth

4. + Dry ingredients & mix just until combined

5. + 1/2 cup M&MS and 1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles (fold in using a spatula)

6. Add to a baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 mins

7. Preheat your oven to 350° F

8. Bake for 12-15 mins (depending on the size of your cookies; I did 14 mins)

9. Allow to cool then ENJOY!