Santaland Christmas Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 container Christmas sprinkles
  • 2/3 cups Granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Table salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup White chocolate chips

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted

• Desserts

  • 1 cup M&m's, red green
  • 1 (3.4 oz package Vanilla pudding, instant powder dry

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Description

Ingredients

• 2¼ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp table salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened just to room temp
• ⅔ cups granulated sugar
• 1 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding (dry powder)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• container of Christmas sprinkles
• 1 cup red/green M&Ms, divided

Directions

• In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together well and set aside.
• In bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and sugar on medium high, until light and fluffy. Add pudding mix and beat until incorporated. Add eggs and vanilla extract, blending well.
• Slowly add in the flour mixture. Using rubber spatula, fold dry and wet ingredients together just until fully incorporated. Add the white chips and ½ cup M&Ms and mix into the dough. (If it gets too hard to mix, use clean hands) Gently work in 3 TB sprinkles, taking care not to manipulate the dough too much, which may result in the bleeding of sprinkle colors.
• Dough will be a bit sticky. Cover tightly and chill in fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Form 1 inch balls of dough and lightly press down on dough balls to form ½ inch rounds. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• Sprinkle on more of the colored sprinkles on top (or lightly roll cookie tops in a bowl of sprinkles.) Press on the remaining ½ cup of M&Ms on top of each dough round.
• Bake about 8 minutes or just until edges look golden brown. Cookies may seem slightly underdone, but they will firm up upon cooling. Dont over bake.
• Cool on baking sheet about 10 minutes, and remove to wire rack to finish cooling.