Description
Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies pack sweet and salty joy into every bite. They bake up soft and chewy with crunchy mix-ins, colorful M&Ms, creamy white chocolate, and a festive sparkle. Perfect for parties, gifting, and cookie trays.
Ingredients
2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
8 oz unsalted butter (melted and cooled)
1 ¼ cups dark brown sugar
¾ cup white granulated sugar
2 large eggs (room temperature)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup red and green M&Ms (plus extra for topping)
½ cup white chocolate chips (plus extra for topping)
½ cup pretzels, broken (plus extra for topping)
⅓ cup salted potato chips, crushed (plus extra for topping)
2 tbsp holiday sprinkles (jimmies recommended)
Instructions
1. Melt butter and let cool to room temperature for 20 minutes.
2. Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Whisk cooled butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar until smooth.
4. Whisk in eggs and vanilla until combined.
5. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix with a rubber spatula until just combined.
6. Fold in M&Ms, white chocolate chips, pretzels, crushed chips, and sprinkles.
7. Scoop 1.5 oz dough balls onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
8. Chill dough balls for 1 hour or freeze for 30 minutes.
9. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Bake 6 cookies per sheet for 13 to 15 minutes, rotating halfway.
10. Remove from oven and use a round cookie cutter to gently reshape into circles.
11. While warm, press extra mix-ins on top for decoration.
Notes
Measure flour by spoon and level to avoid dense cookies.
Chilling keeps cookies thick and chewy.
Underdone centers are fine. They continue to set on the sheet.
For extra chew, use more brown sugar than white.
Variations: butterscotch chips, toasted coconut, graham crackers, dark chocolate, peanut butter chips, chopped candy bars, Oreo pieces, nuts.
Storage: airtight up to 5 days.
Freeze dough balls up to 3 months. Bake from frozen with a few extra minutes.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Christmas Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 274
- Sugar: 26 g
- Sodium: 126 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 36 mg