Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

Ingredients

For 16 servings

• •1 tasse creamy peanut butter
• •0.75 tasse firmly packed brown sugar
• •2 c. à soupe firmly packed brown sugar
• •1 large egg, at room temperature
• •1 c. à café baking soda
• •1.5 c. à café vanilla extract
• •0.25 c. à café salt
• •0.13 c. à café ground nutmeg
• •0.5 tasse mini candy-coated chocolate pieces (such as mini M&M's®)

Method

1. 1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. 2.Mix together peanut butter, 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg until combined. Mix in mini chocolate M&Ms.
3. 3.Scoop out 1 1/2 tablespoon sized balls of dough and place 1 inch apart on the baking sheets. Flatten dough balls to about 1/2 inch thickness.
4. 4.Bake in the preheated oven until tops of cookies begin to slightly crack, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool 10 minutes on baking sheets before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.