Cookies for Santa's Plate: Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies
These Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies are ADDICTIVE! Sweet and salty cookies with chocolate chips, pretzels, M&Ms, and flaked salt. Perfect cookies for Santa's plate, his elves, and everyone else for that matter.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate chips, christmas, cookies
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours45 minutesminutes
Servings 36
Calories 93kcal
Ingredients
1 ¼c.unsalted buttersoftened
1 ¼c.light brown sugarpacked
1c.granulated sugar
2tsp.vanilla extract
2large eggs
3 ¾c.all-purpose flour
1tsp.baking soda
1tsp.baking powder
½tsp.kosher salt
1c.Holiday M&M’smilk chocolate
1c.miniature pretzelsbroken
½c.semisweet chocolate chips
Flaked sea salt
Instructions
In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until your mixture is light and fluffy.
Add in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time and mix until fully incorporated.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (NOT THE FLAKED SALT).
Gradually add the dry mixture to the wet mixture, stirring gently to avoid overmixing.
Fold in the candy, pretzels, chocolate chips, and whatever other add-ins you decide. DO NOT ADD FLAKED SALT YET.
Chill for 30 minutes to an hour.
Preheat the oven to 400° F.
Scoop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet or silicone-lined cookie sheet. Arrange cookies with at least 1 inch in between them.
Bake until the cookies are lightly golden brown, or for about 8 to 10 minutes.
Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, sprinkle them with flaked sea salt.
Cool on the pan for a few minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.