I started with all the dry ingredients: all purpose and wheat flours, cocoa powder, salt (not pictured), and baking soda.
When I am not in a hurry, I actually mix the dry ingredients together before I add them into the wet ingredients.
Then I softened the butter and mixed that with the sugar until it was nice and fluffy (I can't say/type "fluffy" without thinking of the little girl in Despicable Me).
To the butter, I added the rest of the wet ingredients: vinegar (white vinegar could be used here, too), vanilla, egg, and food coloring.
I always get nervous mixing in the red food coloring because it looks bright pink. But once the cocoa powder is added, it turns a vibrant red.
I don't really remember if the dough was this thick the first time I made it, but maybe I added more flour and the dough turned out extra thick. But the cookies turned out fine.
Once the dough comes together, I just folded in some of the M&M's. I saved the rest to put on the top of the cookie once I spooned it out onto the sheet.
I baked these at 350 for about 15 minutes, but I might try baking at 375 for 10 minutes next time so that they are crunchy on the outside, but still chewy on the inside.
In the end, these were delicious. I might have eaten too many.
No. I definitely ate to many.
Happy Valentine's Day! Recipe after the jump!
