Cookie Recipe #4

Jumbles

It looks so average and unassuming, but it is probably in my top two cookies of all time. They have an unexpected chewiness and hint of flavor from the raisins mixed with the chocolate and the small tinkling of a crunch you get when you bite into the M&Ms. The real secret to these is to undercook them. Just slightly. The bottoms of these cookies should be toasted at most. If you burn these, you will regret it with each unpleasantly crunchy bite. Or you could just dunk them in milk.

Ingredients: 

1 stick (½ cup) softened butter or margarine

½ cup granulated sugar

¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 large egg

1 ¼ cups flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 ¾ cups of M&Ms (minis are preferable)

1 cup raisins

1 cup finely chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl beat butter and sugars together until light and fluffy; add egg. Combine flour and baking soda; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in M&Ms, raisins and nuts. Drop rounded tablespoonsful (real word) of dough, about 2" apart, onto greased cookie sheets (or use parchment paper). Bake 13-15 minutes. Cool 2-3 minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks. 

(recipe via old M&Ms advertisement)