Description
Delightfully festive and packed with a variety of sweet and salty mix-ins, these Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies are perfect for holiday celebrations. Featuring a soft and chewy texture with colorful M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzels, potato chips, and sprinkles, these cookies offer a delightful crunch and burst of flavors in every bite. Easy to prepare and bake, they bring a joyful touch to your cookie platter throughout the season.
Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
- 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
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
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
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside to prepare the dough.
- Cream butter and sugars: In a large bowl, combine the 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.
- Add egg yolks and vanilla: Mix in the egg yolks and vanilla bean paste or extract on medium speed for two minutes. The mixture should become pale in color and fluffy.
- Add dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add this to the wet mixture and mix until combined, forming the cookie dough.
- Fold in mix-ins: Gently fold the M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzel pieces, potato chip pieces, and sprinkles into the dough using a spatula until evenly distributed.
- Scoop dough: Using a cookie scoop or spoon, form 20 balls of dough and place them about two inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Optionally, press a few extra mix-ins onto the tops of the dough balls for a festive look.
- Bake cookies: Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. Bake closer to 10 minutes for chewier centers or up to 12 minutes for crisper edges.
- Shape cookies (optional): Immediately after removing from the oven, use a large circular cookie cutter to swirl around each cookie gently, pushing everything together into a perfect circle for a polished appearance.
- Cool cookies: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely, about 10 more minutes.
- Store: Store leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to three days to maintain freshness.
Notes
- Measure your flour properly by spooning it into your measuring cup and leveling it off with a knife, or ideally weigh your flour for accuracy. One cup equals 125 grams.
- Use a large circular cookie cutter immediately after baking to shape cookies into perfect circles by swirling gently around each cookie.
- Optional: Add extra mix-ins on top of the cookie dough balls before baking to replicate the festive, colorful look in photos.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
