M&M Cookie Cake Recipe
M&M Cookie Cake is made from sugar cookie dough filled with M&M's and topped with some chocolate buttercream frosting. It's the perfect dessert to enjoy with friends and family.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
Dough
- 1/2 cup salted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup m&m's
- 1/4 cup mini m&m's
Frosting
- 4 tbsp butter
- 3 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- M&M's
- sprinkles
Instructions
Dough
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 inch pie dish.
- Beat butter for 2 minutes until smooth. Mix in sugar until fluffy. Add in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until smooth, creamy, and light in color.
- Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.
- Mix in the m&m's by hand (they're break if you use the mixer) until evenly distributed.
- Spread dough in the greased pie dish. Bake for 23-26 minutes. Cool completely before removing from pie dish and frosting.
Frosting
- Beat butter and cocoa powder together. Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Add the milk as needed to get desired consistency.
- Place frosting in a piping bag with an M1 tip and decorate the cookie cake. Immediately add the M&M's and sprinkles.
Nutrition
Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 223mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 438IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg