Recipe: Perfect Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies

Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies.

You can have Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies

1. You need of butter.
2. Prepare of brown sugar.
3. You need of egg.
4. Prepare of vanilla extract.
5. Prepare of salt.
6. Prepare of baking powder.
7. You need of whole wheat flour.
8. Prepare of rolled oats.
9. You need of M&Ms.

Whole Wheat M&M Oatmeal Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375 F..
2. Melt butter in the microwave. Approximately 30 seconds on high. Melting the butter is important because whole wheat flour is pretty heavy compared to all purpose flour..
3. Mix butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl..
4. Add egg, vanilla, salt and baking powder. Mix well..
5. Add whole wheat flour. Mix until a dough forms..
6. Mix in rolled oats..
7. Add M&Ms. The dough might be a little heavy so you may find it easier to mix using your hand..
8. Roll into 1.5 inch balls and set on baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Press lightly on each ball to flatten out slightly. I prefer my cookies to be fairly thick..
9. Bake for 16 minutes or until they start to turn golden brown..