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These cookies are sure to make the grinches heart grow at least 3 sizes bigger. Grinch Cookies are a simple chocolate chip cookie made festive. Add some green food colouring and a little peppermint extract and you have got a winner. This might not be what comes to mind first when you think of a holiday cookie but it is sure to bring a smile to your kids face.

These Grinch Cookies are loaded with holiday M&M’s in every bite. The sweet melty milk chocolate makes for a truly delicious cookie experience. This is also a great cookie dought to make and freeze half of so you can have cookies at the ready. Who knows when your family is going to want to watch the grinch together.

Ingredients & Substitutions:

  • unsalted butter – You can use regular salted butter or vegan butter
  • granulated sugar – Sugar alternatives like monkfruit sweetener are a good low sugar swap just make sure to use the advised amount based on the sweetness of your replacement sugar. If you have to add more then a cup of sugar and you find the dough is tough add a little water or an additiional egg. Keep in mind the consitency of the cookie will change.
  • large eggs – a flax egg or applesauce will work as a substitution but will again change the outcome of the cookies. Applesauce in particular will add extra sweetness and flavour that might not preform well with mint.
  • vanilla extract
  • peppermint extract – spearmint extract or peppermint flavouring are good replacements though they will alter the intensity of the mint flavour.
  • green food colouring* – You can pick any food colouring you want for this recipe. Liquid food colouring is recommend as it is easier to incorporate into the grinch cookie dough.
  • all-purpose flour
  • corn starch
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • salt – If using salted butter cut the amount of salt required in half.
  • red and green M&Ms – Any red or green coloured chocolate candy will work. Red heart chocolates are also a great replacement and make the grinch cookies more symbolic of the grinches actual heart growing.
Grinch Cookies On Baking Tray
Stack of Grinch Cookies

Tips & Tricks:

  • Keep a close eye on these cookies while they are baking. As soon as you start to see browning on the edges of the cookies remove them from the oven. It is okay if the middle is a little soft, the cookies with set while they cool.
  • Be sure to taste a tiny amount of the dough at the end to adjust if more peppermint extract is required to reach your preferred flavour.
  • Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 mins to even overnight to ensure that the cookies don’t end up too flat in the baking process.
  • If you don’t like mint you can leave this out of the recipe and still have a delicious classic chocolate chip cookie taste.
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Grinch Cookies

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Recipe by Nicole Quiring Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy
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Servings

36

cookies
Prep time

25

minutes
Cooking time

12

minutes
Calories

170

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

7

minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened

  • 1 2/3 cup sugar

  • 2 large eggs

  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 1/2 tbps to 1 tbsp of peppermint extract depending on how strong you would like the flavour

  • 3-5 drops bright green food colouring

  • 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 teaspoons corn starch

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 1/2 cup red and green M&Ms plus an additional ½ cup for topping cookies, if desired

Directions

  • Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beating until well-combined and light and fluffy (about 1 minute).
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Stir in vanilla extract and food coloring, until well-incorporated.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt).
  • Set mixer to low speed and gradually stir dry ingredients into butter mixture.
  • Fold in M&M chocolates using a spoon. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or even overnight.
  • Once the dough has finished chilling, preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicon baking mat.
  • Scoop cookie dough into 1 ½ Tbsp-sized balls onto the prepared cookie sheets, for perfectly round cookies roll dough in your hands into a smooth ball.
  • Bake on 350F for 11-13 minutes. If desired, gently press additional M&Ms into the tops of each cookie for decoration while they are still warm.
  • Allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet before removing.

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