Santa called, and he said he wants THESE COOKIES for Christmas!
Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
In a stand mixer, whip the butter flavored crisco until lightened in color. Add in the sugar, brown sugar and vanilla and mix together until creamy.
Place mini M&Ma on the tops of each cookie (we prefer less chocolate to cookie, but you can add more if desired).
With the back of a spoon, press each cookie dough ball down to ensure more even baking. After this step, add a few more mini M&Ms to the top of each cookie dough ball.
Bake for 10-11 minutes or until slightly golden.
Cool on baking sheets covered with a hand towel for 10-15 minutes. They will continue to bake a bit more on the hot cookie sheet.
*If you prefer more mini M&Ms in your cookies, then listed and you'd like to mix them into the cookie dough, add about 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of the mini M&Ms...depending on how you like them!