Ultimate Peanut Butter
Brownies
Prep time: 10 to 15 minutes
Bake time: 30 to 40 minutes
Yield: 32 brownies
4 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 cup canola or vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups M&M’S Peanut Butter
Candies, divided
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Lightly grease a rectangular 13 x
9 x 2-inch pan. In 3-quart saucepan,
gently combine the semisweet
chocolate and oil over very low
heat until melted. Remove from
heat and allow to cool. In separate
bowl, combine sugar, eggs and
vanilla extract until blended. Add
in chocolate mixture. Slowly sift in
remainng dry ingredients and mix
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until combined.Fold in 1 1/2 cups
candies.
Spread batter into pan. Sprinkle
with remaining 1/2 cup candies and
press lightly. Bake until brownies
begin to pull away from sides of pan,
about 30 to 40 minutes.
Simply Sweet Cannoli
Prep time: 20 minutes
Yield: 24
1 cup Snickers Bars, finely
chopped
1 1/2 cups part skim milk
ricotta
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 resealable plastic bag
24 mini cannoli shells, unfilled
1/2 cup M&M’S Chocolate
Candies
Combine chopped candy bars
with ricotta, sugar and orange zest.
Spoon mixture into resealable
bag and snip off a 1/2-inch corner.
Fill cannoli shells by squeezing in
filling from each end.Decorate both
ends with chocolate candies.
Amazing M&M’S Cookies
Prep time: 10 to 15 minutes
Chill time: 1 hour to overnight
Bake time: 8 to 14 minutes
Yield: 24 to 30 cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups M&M’S Milk
Chocolate Candies
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, cream butter and
both sugars until well blended.
Add egg and vanilla extract, and
mix to combine. In separate bowl,
sift flour, baking soda and salt
together. Slowly add dry ingre
dients into butter mixture and stir
until combined.
Fold in candies and chill dough
for 1 hour or overnight. Drop
dough by rounded tablespoons
onto lightly greased tray, about 2
inches apart.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes
for chewy cookies, or 12 to 14
minutes for crispy cookies.
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