LOADED-UP PRETZEL COOKIES

Featured In: 57 Bake Sale Recipes That’ll Earn Big Bucks

MAKES: 24 servings
TOTAL TIME:
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large 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 sweetened shredded coconut
1-1/2 cups milk chocolate M&M's

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Shape 1/4 cupfuls of dough into balls; place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

Editor's Note: To make smaller cookies, shape rounded tablespoons of dough into balls. Bake as directed.

Originally published as Loaded-Up Pretzel Cookies in Taste of Home April/May 2013


NUTRITIONAL FACTS
1 cookie: 295 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 40mg cholesterol, 311mg sodium, 42g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.