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Loaded Pretzel Cookies with Coconut and M&M’s

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Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M’s give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.

Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M's give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.

Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M's give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.\

About a month ago, The Husband and I decided to turn off the television on the weekends. We’re in the midst of potty training with Little Tot and we hit a stumbling block because he would become so distracted by what was on the TV he would forget to tell us he needed to go. And truthfully, The Husband and I had fallen into that rut of letting the TV baby-sit our child. We’d hit play on the Xbox and while Little Tot was glued to the screen, The Husband and I would go about our day. That’s not the kind of parent I want to be.

It’s remarkable how that one little act can change everything.  I commented to my husband after the first weekend of no TV that I felt more relaxed.  Little Tot’s behavior seemed better – he was more pleasant and less like a terrible two-year-old.  It has also forced The Husband and me to focus on spending time with our child.

loaded cookies diptic

I have only just recently started letting Little Tot help me in the kitchen.  I wasn’t sure how it would go because he doesn’t stay still for very long.  But a couple weeks ago when I had to make biscuits for this post, I decided to give it a shot.  Sure, I probably could have made the biscuits in about half the time it took us with slightly less stress, but he had a ball.  He loved helping me roll out the dough with the rolling pin, carefully cutting out the biscuits, and then watching them rise as they baked in the oven.

The process of making these cookies was slightly different.  Little Tot was all into it until I pulled out the bag of M&M’s.  After that, the only thing he cared about was popping as many “Yum Yums” into his mouth as he could.

LT cookie

These loaded pretzel cookies have a variety of tastes and textures going on – salty and sweet, crunchy and chewy.  They were tasty in more ways than one.  But more importantly, I made memories with my kid.  Twenty years from now, he probably won’t remember if he received the latest piece of plastic junk for Christmas.  But hopefully, what he will remember is standing tiptoe on his footstool while his mama let him eat all the M&M’s out of the cookie dough.

Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M's give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.

 

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Loaded Pretzel Cookies with Coconut and M&M’s

Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M's give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Author Lisa B.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups miniature pretzels broken
  • 1-1/2 cups flaked coconut
  • 1-1/2 cups mini M&M's

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs and vanilla. Continue to beat at medium speed until ingredients are well-combined.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients, about 1/3 of the mixture at a time, to the creamed mixture. Mix until just combined. Repeat this step until all the dry ingredients have been added to the flour mixture.
  5. Gently add in the pretzels, coconut, and M&M’s.
  6. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes before baking. In the meantime, preheat oven to 350°.
  7. Form two tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place on a greased cookie sheet, about 3 inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookies reach desired level of doneness.
  8. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

Makes 2 dozen

     

    Salty pretzels, chewy coconut, and sweet M&M's give these loaded pretzel cookies an abundance of tastes and textures.


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    1. cajunGurl says

      April 22, 2013 at 7:03 am

      What a wonderful set of parents he has!! I’m going to making these with my little one, he’ll be 3 this summer 🙂 They are such a joy and so fun!!

      Reply
      • The Cooking Bride says

        April 22, 2013 at 9:32 am

        Aw thanks!

        Reply
    2. Sarah says

      April 27, 2013 at 10:58 am

      Aw, how sweet. I can’t wait til I have a little kid I can cook with 🙂 And the cookies looks gooooood!

      Reply
    3. Megan says

      March 10, 2016 at 7:15 pm

      Okay so I’ve been looking for something exactly like this to take to a barbeque, except my friend’s only request was no coconut.. do you think I could sub the coconut out for oats of some ratio?
      Thanks!

      Reply
      • The Cooking Bride says

        March 10, 2016 at 9:20 pm

        Yes, I think you could. Or just leave the coconut out entirely. It won’t make or break the cookie.

        Reply

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