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Holiday Candy Cookie Bites

Red and green candies are used in this favorite American cookie to give it a holiday twist.

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45 min
Prep Time
2 hrs
Total Time
72
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Ingredients

1 1/3 cups firmly packed brown sugar

2/3 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened

1/3 cup peanut butter

2 large Land O Lakes® Eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats

1 (10-ounce) package red and green candy-coated milk chocolate pieces

1 cup white baking chips

How to make

  1. STEP 1

    Heat oven to 350°F.

  2. STEP 2

    Combine brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, eggs and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda; beat at low speed until well mixed. Stir in oats, chocolate pieces and baking chips.

  3. STEP 3

    Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls into paper-lined mini muffin pans. Bake 15-17 minutes or until set and light golden brown. Let stand 2 minutes; remove from pans.

Tip #1

Variations:
Giant Candy Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed except drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten cookies to 3-inch diameter. Bake 13-15 minutes or until light golden brown. Let stand 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Yield: 18 giant cookies.

Traditional Candy Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed except drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten cookies to 2-inch diameter. Bake 12-14 minutes or until light golden brown. Let stand 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Yield: 36 (2 1/2-inch) cookies.

Tip #2

- Paper liners for mini muffin pans vary considerably in size. The liners used for these cookie bites are 1-inch diameter and sometimes called petit-four cups.

Tip #3

- Cookies can be frozen up to 1 month.

Nutrition (1 cookie)

90 Calories
4 Fat (g)
10 Cholesterol (mg)
50 Sodium (mg)
12 Carbohydrates (g)
1 Dietary Fiber
2 Protein (g)
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