Cookie Monsters Famous Cookie Dough Recipes

Steps:

• Put 3/4 cup of butter or margarine (that's a stick and a half) into your mixing bowl. Measure 1 cup of sugar. Pour sugar over butter. With fork, squash butter and sugar together until they are blended. Crack shells of two eggs and pour eggs over mixture in bowl. Measure 1 teaspoon vanilla and pour over mixture. With fork, blend everything in the bowl together. Measure 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and pour over mixture in bowl. Measure 1 teaspoon baking powder and sprinkle over flour. Measure 1 teaspoon of salt and sprinkle over flour and baking powder. Mix everything together either with the fork or with your hands. Put dough in icebox to chill (at least one hour). After chilling the dough, roll it out to 1/4" thick. Cut with your favorite cookie cutter. Place on a prepared cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper, or a baking mat. Bake at 400°F for about 10-12 minutes. If you'd like, you can sprinkle colored sugar on the cookies before baking, or decorate with frosting after cooled. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Put the flour in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until the flour reaches a temperature of 180 degrees F, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Whisk to get rid of as many lumps as you can. Set it aside to cool.
• In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, butter, heavy cream, vanilla and salt and mix on medium-high, scraping down the sides of the bowl periodically with a rubber spatula to ensure that everything gets combined, until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the flour and oats and mix to combine. Add the M&M's and mix to combine. Store by the scoop or in balls in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week.