{"id":825,"date":"2009-10-15T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T02:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2009-10-30T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T22:27:43","slug":"halloween-mm-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Halloween M&#038;M Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p>Halloween is right around the corner.\u00a0 Every year Keith has to have pre-Halloween candy.\u00a0 I always say &#8216;No&#8217; but he never listens.\u00a0 He has already eaten two bags of Kit Kats and Twix.\u00a0 Well&#8230;with a tiny bit of help from me.\u00a0 Hey, who doesn&#8217;t have a hard time resisting sugar?\u00a0 So what do you think happened on my next trip to the Piggles (actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pigglywiggly.com\/\">Piggly Wiggly<\/a>). \u00a0 I bought a bag of Halloween colored M&amp;M&#8217;s and made cookies.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a total enabler plus I needed my fix.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t they just look enticing?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-835\" title=\"MMcookies\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/MMcookies1.jpg\" alt=\"MMcookies\" width=\"800\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/MMcookies1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/MMcookies1-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->While the butter and egg was getting to room temperature I looked around for recipes but I decided to just wing it.\u00a0 While mixing the white sugar and butter I realized that I was out of brown sugar.\u00a0 I was too lazy to go back to the store so I googled and used the first<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdkitchen.com\/features\/tip\/251\/Brown-Sugar-Substitute\"> tip<\/a> that popped up.\u00a0\u00a0 Substitute brown sugar with molasses mixed with granulated sugar.\u00a0 Here you go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECIPE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350 degrees<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1.5 sticks butter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3\/4 c. white sugar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1\/2 c. white sugar plus 3\/4 T. molasses<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 t. vanilla<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 egg<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1\/2\u00a0 t. salt<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 t. baking soda<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 1\/4 c. flour<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1\/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 c. M&amp;M&#8217;s<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cream the butter and sugar.\u00a0 Add egg and vanilla.\u00a0 Mix then add the rest of the ingredients.\u00a0 Set aside some M&amp;M&#8217;s to press on top of the cookies.\u00a0 Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Verdict:\u00a0 The cookies turned out well.\u00a0 They came out thin but still soft and chewy at the same time.\u00a0 The only thing I would change is adding an entire teaspoon of salt instead of the half.\u00a0 They were a little too sweet but just right with a little glass of cold milk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is right around the corner.\u00a0 Every year Keith has to have pre-Halloween candy.\u00a0 I always say &#8216;No&#8217; but he never listens.\u00a0 He has already eaten two bags of Kit Kats and Twix.\u00a0 Well&#8230;with a tiny bit of help from me.\u00a0 Hey, who doesn&#8217;t have a hard time resisting sugar?\u00a0 So what do you think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-cooking","tag-recipe","no-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}