Description
Christmas Cookies are a festive, crowd-pleasing treat—these Best Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies combine sweet, salty, crunchy, and chewy elements in every bite, loaded with pretzels, potato chips, M&M’s, white chocolate, and holiday sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup crushed pretzels
- ½ cup crushed potato chips
- ½ cup red and green M&M’s
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until smooth.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Fold in pretzels, potato chips, M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and sprinkles.
- Scoop 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie and place on prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Chill cookie dough balls for 1 hour before baking for extra chewy cookies.
- Bake for 11–13 minutes, until golden at the edges and soft in the center.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Chill the dough balls for an hour to maximize chewiness.
- Customize with your favorite mix-ins; swap in different candies or chips as desired.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3–4 days, or freeze for longer storage.
- Yield is approximately 24 cookies; size may affect the total yield.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 165 (approx.)
- Sugar: 14–18 g (approx.)
- Sodium: 120–170 mg (approx.)
- Fat: 9 g (approx.)
- Saturated Fat: 5 g (approx.)
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g (approx.)
- Trans Fat: 0 g (approx.)
- Carbohydrates: 21 g (approx.)
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 18 mg
Keywords: Christmas Cookies, chewy cookies, kitchen sink cookies, holiday cookies, festive cookies