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Santa's Kitchen Sink Cookies

Santa and everyone else won't be able to resist these AMAZING cookies loaded with everything but the kitchen sink!! EASY, festive, salty-sweet treats with a FUN ingredients list!!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Chill Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 24 mins
Servings: 16
Calories: 192 kcal
Course: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup light brown sugar packed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour plus more only if needed (see step 5)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and/or chunks I used a mixture
  • ¾ cup holiday colored M&Ms I used plain
  • ¾ to 1 cup skinny pretzel rods halved (loosely measured)
  • 1 heaping cup potato chips loosely measured

Instructions

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  1. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) add the butter and beat on high power to cream it (whip it; you're not adding any cream) for about 2 minutes.
  2. Add the egg, sugars, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 3 minutes.
  3. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
  4. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the chocolate chips, M&Ms, pretzels, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
  5. Add the potato chips and beat very briefly, about 20 seconds, to incorporate. Note - At this point the dough should have the consistency of typical cookie dough, a bit sticky and tacky, but not overly moist. If it is too wet, add 2 to 4 tablespoons flour, or as needed to get the dough to come together better and be less sticky.
  6. Using a medium cookies scoop, form approximately 16 equal-sized mounds of dough.
  7. Place the mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
  8. Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
  9. Bake for about 9 to 10 minutes. Note - 8 minutes in my oven the cookies are underdone but anything over 11 minutes and they are prone to burning; watch your cookies and not the clock when determining doneness and keep a close eye on them. Bake just until the edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool.
  10. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.

Notes

  • Tips for chilling the dough: You want to chill the dough in individual cookie mounds, not in one bit bowl that you stash in the fridge. Otherwise you’ll be trying to chisel out rock hard dough from a bowl and it’s very difficult, crumbly, and not advised.
  • Just before baking: Strategically place a few chocolate chips/chunks and/or M&Ms on top of each mound of dough by taking chips from the underside and adding them on top.
  • Storage: Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.
  • Adapted from Cowboy Cookies.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 192kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 32g (11%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 7g (11%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Cholesterol 14mg (5%) Sodium 226mg (9%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 20g (40%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 16Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 192

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 192kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 32g 11%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Cholesterol 14mg 5%
Sodium 226mg 9%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 20g 40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.