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M&M Cookie Cake

A cookie cake! You dig?

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I haven’t had a “cookie cake” for yeeeears. Did you get them as a kid like I did? There was a store in the mall that we would always get them at.

Gosh they were good. We usually got chocolate chip and it had frosting on the edges. I could seriously eat the entire thing cake.

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I took a slightly different approach to this cookie cake recipe. I used M&M’s (obviously) and a sugar cookie dough versus a chocolate chip cookie dough. There is something about an M&M cookie ya know? I wanted to take that cookie and make it into a “cake” that was chewy and doughy and wonderful.

And it was…absolutely wonderful!

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You could argue that this is just a very large cookie, but it truthfully tastes different than that. The texture is way more soft and chewy than a traditional cookie. The outside is slightly crispy but the inside is almost like eating cookie dough..and who doesn’t love cookie dough?

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I love the pops of color the M&M’s bring to this cookie cake. I bet kiddos would love this dessert and it would be so much fun for them to make. It’s pretty darn easy…make some dough, press it into a pie dish and bake.

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Wanna slice?

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Or the whole thing?

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M&M Cookie Cake
Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Jessica from www.stuckonsweet.com
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Serves: 1 cookie pie
Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup plus 1/8 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup m&m’s
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a pie dish with non-stick baking spray; set aside.
  2. In a bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and cornstarch; set aside.
  3. In a stand-alone mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (can use a hand held mixer too), cream together butter and granulated sugar. Add egg and vanilla and mix, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
  4. With mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture until incorporated then stir in m&m’s.
  5. Pour dough into pie dish and press down so it’s evenly dispersed. Dough will be sticky and it might be hard to press down – simply butter your fingers with non-stick spray or butter to help.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes or until edges are lightly golden. I under baked on purpose to achieve a chewy and gooey cookie. Feel free to bake a few minutes longer for a more well-done cookie.

 

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  1. My fave chocolate chip cookie recipe is yours and I want to turn it into a cookie cake…any suggestions on how to adapt it? I will try this one for sure though!

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    • Hey Calindy! I would suggest just baking it in a pie pan for 12 minutes then check it for doneness…my take a few minutes longer than that but you want the center to be gooey. 🙂

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  2. Yummy!! I tried this without the m&m’s and it was just as good!!! I would so make this again!! Food critics at home should so try this recipe!!! thank you so much!!

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