One morning we were craving chocolate chip cookies and our son really wanted M&M’s cookies, so we made a recipe that has both. Super soft, bursting with chocolate, with an M&M’s crunch.

It works in the oven and in the air fryer, and the dough balls keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. So you can keep a batch ready and bake four fresh cookies any time you feel like one.

What you’ll need

  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 125g brown sugar
  • 50g granulated sugar
  • 1 egg (size L)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 300g all-purpose flour
  • 15g cornflour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp coarse salt
  • 150g milk chocolate chips
  • 150g chocolate M&M’s

Method

  1. Add the butter and sugars to a bowl and beat at high speed until creamy, about 6–7 minutes.
  2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again for 1 minute at high speed.
  3. Add the plain flour, cornflour, baking powder and salt, and beat until a cookie dough forms.
  4. Add the chocolate chips and mix until they’re well distributed.
  5. Portion the cookie dough onto a tray and freeze for at least 30 minutes, or keep the cookie balls in the freezer for up to 3 months.
  6. Air fryer: line the basket with a piece of parchment paper, make holes in it and add 4 cookie balls. Oven: spread the cookies out on a lined baking tray.
  7. Bake for 14 minutes at 190°C in the oven, or for 11 minutes at 160°C in the air fryer.
  8. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes before lifting out the parchment with the cookies on it, as they will still be very soft. Let them cool for 15 minutes before enjoying.

A couple of tips

  • Give the butter and sugar the full 6–7 minutes at high speed, until creamy.
  • Air fryer, four at a time, on parchment with holes poked in it.
  • Bake straight from the freezer. The dough balls keep for up to 3 months, so a fresh cookie is only 11 minutes away.
  • Lift them out on the parchment. They’re very soft when they come out. Let them sit a few minutes, then lift the whole sheet.

More chocolate chip ideas: our chewy chocolate chip cookies and the original chunky cookies. If you’d rather someone else did the baking, our chunky cookies are baked in-house at our brunch spots in Budapest, Bucharest and Belgrade. Walk-ins only, no bookings. #webelieveinhandmade