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Captain America M&M's Cookies
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Captain America M&M’s Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter
  • 1-1/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • red gel food color
  • blue mega M&M's

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder & salt. Set aside
  • In your mixer bowl with paddle attachment - beat butter until soft.
  • Add sugar & beat until light & fluffy.
  • Add in eggs one at a time - beating after each one.
  • Add vanilla
  • Add dry mixture & beat until just combined.
  • Remove half the dough & wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten out to 4x4" piece & refrigerate.
  • With remaining dough beat in food color to your desired pigment. I added close to 50 drops of gel color to achieve this red.
  • *Note - adding this much color will make your dough sticky. You may want to add in a tablespoon or two of flour to keep it more firm & easier to work with later.
  • Remove red dough & separate into 2 equal parts. Wrap with plastic & refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
  • After your dough has chilled - remove one of the red dough packs
  • Place between 2 layers of parchment & roll to a large rectangle
  • Remove top layer of parchment & roll dough into a log. This will be your center piece.
  • Wrap with parchment & place in freezer while you work with the next layer.
  • Remove your white dough from refrigerator & roll out in the same manner you did the first batch. Once you have a thin, even rectangle - place your red log on the white dough & roll into a larger log.
  • Follow these steps for the final red dough.
  • When you are done you should have a large red log with the centers looking like a bulls-eye.
  • Preheat oven to 350 conventional/ 325 convection
  • Line 2 - 3/4 baking sheets with parchment
  • Take your log & slice it into 1/4 inch rounds - I like to use unwaxed/unflavored dental floss to cut through the dough. This helps it keep it's shape when cutting.
  • Place on baking sheet 2 inches apart to allow for spread.
  • Bake 9-11 minutes
  • While they are baking you can separate our your blue M&M's from the package so you have them ready.
  • Immediately when you remove from oven - place your blue M&M's in the center before the cookies cool.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before transferring to an airtight container for storage.