Description
Christmas kitchen sink cookies blend delightful textures and flavors from multiple sweet ingredients. Crammed with chocolate chips, pretzels, and festive sprinkles, these cookies deliver pure holiday joy to hungry bakers.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup salted butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 egg yolks (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
Flavoring and Binding Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix-In Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup red and green M&M’s
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup pretzel pieces
- 1/3 cup potato chip pieces
- 2 tablespoons red and green jimmies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper for optimal cookie performance.
- Utilize an electric mixer to cream butter and sugars until the mixture transforms into a light, airy texture, approximately 2 minutes.
- Incorporate egg yolks and vanilla, continuing to mix at medium speed until the blend becomes pale and voluminous, roughly 2 minutes.
- Gradually introduce dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt) and blend until completely integrated.
- Delicately fold in festive mix-ins including M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzel fragments, potato chip pieces, and sprinkles using a spatula for even distribution.
- Create 20 uniform dough spheres, positioning them with 2-inch spacing across prepared baking sheets.
- Enhance visual appeal by strategically placing additional mix-ins atop each dough ball for decorative flair.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, selecting 10 minutes for softer centers or 12 minutes for crispier edges.
- Immediately post-baking, optionally reshape cookies using a circular cookie cutter for precise, professional presentation.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack for complete temperature reduction.
- Preserve remaining cookies in an airtight container, maintaining freshness for up to 3 days.
Notes
- Boost flavor intensity by using room temperature ingredients, ensuring smoother mixing and more consistent texture.
- Create gluten-free version by substituting all-purpose flour with almond or gluten-free baking blend, maintaining cookie’s delightful crunch.
- Enhance texture variation by crushing mix-ins differently – larger pretzel chunks for crackle, finely crushed chips for subtle saltiness.
- Maximize freshness by freezing dough balls for spontaneous baking, allowing perfectly portioned cookies anytime craving strikes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 170
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 110 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg