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Cookies for the Cookie Monster

The cookie monster and I made Ramadan cookies, it was one of the activities in our advent calendar. Mini M&M cookies count as Ramadan cookies, don’t they? They’re so cute and quite festive with all the bright colours, screams Ramadan don’t you think? If we had time it would have been nice to take a star and crescent cookie cutter to them, maybe next time.



Mini MnM cookies



Sharing is caring right? That’s how the saying goes. Whoever thought that must never have eaten mini M&M cookies. You just can’t put sharing and mini M&M cookies in the same sentence, but…

We did.

We  decided to share his cookies with his little friends. I made a cute printable (you all know how much I love making printables), we packed them up and went for a cookie drive. The cookie monster was so excited and wanted to hand the cookies to each friend himself, a lot of them weren’t home unfortunately, I had to trust that they would be safe at doors and mailboxes (and they were).



Mini MnM cookies for sharing



When I suggested the idea of sharing with his friends he jumped on it, while it wasn’t necessary to share his cookies I think it was an important lesson for him. Ramadan is about sharing, and even though sharing his cookies meant very little left for him he was happy to do it, he has a kind heart, Alhumdulillah. Sharing his toys however, that’s another story ;)

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Mini Mini M&M Cookies

Yield: 50 small cookies

Ingredients

  • 230 g butter
  • 3/4 cup brown
  • 3/4 white
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 bag mini M&Ms (160g)

Instructions

In your mixer, cream your butter and sugars until thick and smooth. Add in your eggs and vanilla essence and beat until combined. Add in your flour, baking powder and Bicarb. And mix until combined. Throw in the M&Ms and mix by hand. Roll into balls using 1 tsp of cookie dough. Lay on a tray and store in the freezer for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 170c. Freeze for 15 minutes. Bake for 10 minutes, or until crisp and golden on the edges and slightly soft in the middle. Bake for an extra few minutes if you prefer a firmer cookie.

Adapted from Cookies and Cups

http://modestmunchies.com/cookies-cookie-monster/

I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as we did. The recipe makes a lot of cookies so don’t forget to share, or don’t, I won’t tell.

by modestmunchies | 4 Comments

4 Comments on Cookies for the Cookie Monster

  1. Nicky
    July 21, 2014 at 11:16 am (8 months ago)

    Soooo cute and I love the printable to go with it. Will do this with my kids over the weekend in time for Eid, inshaAllah.

    Reply
    • modestmunchies
      July 21, 2014 at 11:22 am (8 months ago)

      Thanks Nicky! I’m glad you’re enjoying my posts. How did you go with the Meal Planner?

      Reply
  2. sarahjmir
    July 22, 2014 at 7:28 am (8 months ago)

    How cute! Cookies look yum :)

    Reply
  3. MyNinjaNaan
    July 24, 2014 at 6:13 am (8 months ago)

    Love these! I love that you actually are following through with your advent calendar! :)

    Reply

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