Michelle of Bad Girl Baking chose the Granola Grabbers on page 82. I was super excited that someone finally chose a cookie! There is such an amazing selection of cookie recipes in Baking From My Home To Yours!
I felt really good making these. I made homemade granola (which I had previously been too lazy to do - but never will be again!). I used this recipe from Orangette and it is truly fantastic.
I felt really good making these. I made homemade granola (which I had previously been too lazy to do - but never will be again!). I used this recipe from Orangette and it is truly fantastic.
What did I replace it with? Why, what else, chocolate of course! I added a good sized portion of chocolate chips and then M&M's and extra almonds and pecans for good measure.
These cookies are wonderful!! I actually only baked one sheet and then shaped and froze the rest of the dough so it is ready to pop in the oven at a moments notice - like this Thursday when Aidan comes home from his very first day of Kindergarten! (Wow and gulp!!) I'm sure they will be the perfect after-school snack!
I am sure we will make these cookies again (and again)! Thanks to Michelle for picking this!
Be sure to check out all the granola-y goodness from all the others spending Tuesdays with Dorie!
m&ms are so way better than dried fruit! they will be the perfect thing to come home to from the first day of school!
ReplyDeleteUsually I'd be all "tsk, tsk" for skipping the dried fruit, but I'd be a hypocrite, as I can't resist M&M's myself! :D
ReplyDeleteI love the M&M's too - but I definitely loved my dried fruit mix I added to mine :)
ReplyDeleteM&Ms and chocolate chips = happy kids! Your cookies are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI loooove the M&Ms idea! I would eat 30 of those!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute and yummy looking! When I made these I knew there would be a lot of chocolate added! We love the dried fruit, and would add even more...
ReplyDeleteNancy
The Dogs Eat the Crumbs
yum! those look delicious and colourful!
ReplyDeleteM&Ms, now there's an idea ... Given how much I like M&Ms and dried fruit, I must just add both!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great combination...ditch the fruit and bring on the chocolate! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYep, I've already got to make these again with the candy. Yours look delicious, and don't you love homemade granola? It is ridiculously easy and so cheap to make.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies would be so good baked on a moments notice from the freezer, what a great idea and what a perfect after school snack it'll be. Have fun with the new kindergarten crowd!
ReplyDeleteThey look great with the chocolate- yum!
ReplyDeleteooh the m&m's make them look so colorful and yummy :) i would definitely reach for these before dried fruit any day!
ReplyDeleteM&Ms *and* chocolate chips! You are the best mom ever! haha. Love the pops of color from the M&Ms. Great job!
ReplyDeleteClara @ iheartfood4thought
Your cookies look delicious! Good luck to Aidan on his first day of kindergarten. My little one starts full day kindergarten after labor day!
ReplyDeleteM&Ms!!! looks like a sweet deal to me. Why not?
ReplyDeleteChocolate and m&m's.
ReplyDeleteWay to go.
All I had to see was the M&M's and I was sold!! Fantastic!!!
ReplyDelete-Amy
www.singforyoursupperblog.com
I love the colourful look of the m&ms in the cookies. So happy.
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing!!! Mmmm, chocolate..
ReplyDeleteYum these look so yummy! I need to grab some for myself!!
ReplyDeleteYour homemade granola looks fantastic! And the M&Ms are so colorful. I'm sure Aidan will love this treat.
ReplyDeleteM&M's...yum! Sounds better than dried fruit to me..ha! Maybe I will add them in with raisins or craisins!! I will try to keep it healthy..ha!
ReplyDeleteYou know, granola doesn't exactly qualify as health food anyways, so adding chocolate ups the antioxidant factor! See, instant health food!
ReplyDeleteWell, if you don't like dried fruit, you just don't like it. These look like a very fun and tasty substitution...they just look happy, don't they, with all their bright colors? Great job.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm definitely making a batch with M&Ms, my kids will go nuts! As always Holly, you outdid yourself! :)
ReplyDeleteThose look so cute with the colorful m&ms! Glad you liked your variation (I'm a sucker for fruit in cookies though, so I put extra in mine).
ReplyDeleteDefinately "kid friendly" Great thinking!
ReplyDeleteThey look lovely with all the added chocolate and I am sure they tasted wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe M&Ms are PERFECT here! Good thinking!
ReplyDeleteI love the M and M addition! :)
ReplyDeletelove your adaptations! chocolate is always good in cookies :)
ReplyDeleteUm, these look AWESOME! :D
ReplyDeleteThe M&M's and the homemade granola make this a must try!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look great! The granola looks fabulous and I love the addition of M&Ms- what a great add-in!
ReplyDeleteAnd homemade granola? You are such an overachiever. Lovely cookies!
ReplyDeleteM&Ms! Now, THAT'S an after-school cookie. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you made these. This is one of those recipes where there are so many options. I love it. Great job
ReplyDeleteThe M & M's were the way to go!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that we used the same plates...it is uncanny...especially with the glass of milk in there too! My little guy is starting Kindergarten in a few weeks as well...I love that you froze them all ready to bake! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!
Heather
Yes, chocolate makes a lot of things better, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteThose M&Ms look so good in there. I put chocolate in mine as well. Never hurts, right?
ReplyDeleteI hope your little guy has a wonderful first day of Kindergarten! And I hope you do okay that day, too.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look great, love the M&M's. The granola sounds yummy, too.
Wow, those look like a cookie any kid would love!
ReplyDeleteLove the M&Ms. Good luck on Thursday. My daughter Brianna starts kindergarten next Monday. Where does the time go?
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