These Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies are the ultimate holiday treat, packed with a delicious combination of sweet and salty flavors! With crunchy pretzels, crispy potato chips, colorful M&M’s, creamy white chocolate chips, and festive sprinkles, these cookies are completely customizable to suit your favorite mix-ins. They’re soft, chewy, and make the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter.
What You’ll Love About These Cookies:
- Sweet & Salty: A perfect blend of sweet M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and salty pretzels and potato chips.
- Festive & Fun: Red and green M&M’s and holiday sprinkles add a fun, colorful twist to your Christmas cookies.
- Customizable: Add your own favorite mix-ins, from chocolate chips to nuts or candy bars.
- No Mixer Needed: Easy to make in just one bowl—no mixer required!
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda, baking powder, and salt
- Unsalted butter
- Dark brown sugar and white granulated sugar
- Eggs and vanilla extract
- M&M’s (red and green for a festive touch)
- White chocolate chips
- Pretzels, potato chips, and holiday sprinkles
Instructions:
- Melt the butter: Let it cool to room temperature.
- Mix dry ingredients: Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Combine wet ingredients: Whisk melted butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients: Mix in the dry ingredients until combined.
- Stir in mix-ins: Add M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzels, crushed potato chips, and sprinkles.
- Scoop dough: Use an ice cream scoop to form cookie dough balls and place them on a baking sheet.
- Chill dough: Refrigerate the dough for an hour (or freeze for 30 minutes).
- Bake: Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake the cookies for 13-15 minutes.
- Shape and cool: Once baked, use a cookie cutter to shape the cookies and add more toppings.
Baking Tips:
- Make sure to measure your flour properly to avoid cookies that don’t spread.
- Top your cookies with extra mix-ins while they’re still warm for the best look.
These cookies are perfect for your holiday gatherings or as a sweet gift for friends and family. Enjoy this sweet and salty treat that’s full of festive flavor!
Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 8 oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 ¼ cups dark brown sugar
- ¾ cup white granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup red and green M&M’s (plus more for topping)
- ½ cup white chocolate chips (plus more for topping)
- ½ cup pretzels, broken into small pieces (plus more for topping)
- ⅓ cup salted potato chips, crushed (plus more for topping)
- 2 tbsp holiday sprinkles (jimmies work best)
Instructions:
- Melt butter and let it cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula until combined.
- Stir in M&M’s, white chocolate chips, pretzels, potato chips, and holiday sprinkles.
- Use a 1 ½ oz ice cream scoop to scoop cookie dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Refrigerate dough for 1 hour (or freeze for 30 minutes).
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Place 6 cookie dough balls on a baking sheet and bake for 13-15 minutes, turning the sheet halfway through baking.
- Once baked, use a large cookie cutter to “scoot” the cookies into a perfect round shape while still warm. Add additional mix-ins on top if desired.
Enjoy your festive Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies!
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