These air fryer M&M cookies are crispy outside with a soft center and are just loaded with brightly colored M&Ms candy.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Servings: 16
Ingredients
1/2cupbrown sugar
1/4cupbuttersoftened
1egg
1teaspoonvanilla
1cupflour
1/4teaspoonbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2cupMini M&Ms
Instructions
Combine the butter and sugar in a medium bowl. Mix until combined with a mixer.
1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter
Add the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth and creamy.
1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla
In another bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt and stir. Add to the batter and mix until just combined. If you are using a hand mixer don't add the flour all at once or it will make a mess. Add it in 2-3 additions.
1 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt
Fold in the mini M&Ms.
1/2 cup Mini M&Ms
Set the air fryer to preheat at 350 degrees F for 3 minutes.
Form the dough into balls using a cookie scoop or two spoons.
Once the air fryer is preheated put parchment paper in the basket. Then add the dough balls, keeping them spaced a bit apart.
Press down lightly on the cookie dough balls to flatten them before air frying.
Air fry at 350 degrees F for 5 minutes. Leave the air fryer closed for another 1-2 minutes, then remove the cookies and make another batch.
Notes
Air fryer cooking times vary, my cookies were made in a 5.8 quart Cosori air fryer. You might need to adjust the cooking time slightly for other air fryers.
Do not preheat the air fryer with parchment paper in it. The paper is too light and can fly around the basket.
Make sure you flatten the cookie balls since these won't spread as much in the air fryer as the oven.
If the dough is too sticky you can refrigerate it for 30 minutes before making the dough balls. This will let you roll the cookies so they are rounder.
Other types of M&M's will work with this recipe. Peanut M&M's are probably too big for the cookies, but almost anything else should work. Use red and green M&Ms for Christmas or candy corn M&Ms for Halloween.