Gum Drop Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Gum Drop Chocolate Chip Cookies
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 60 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 1 cup softened butter (2 sticks); 2 large eggs; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 1/2 cup spiced gum drops; 1 cup spiced gum drops or as needed to dress up the tops

Devon @Devon

Auburn, Nebraska

During my childhood one of my neighbors used to make these & give them out every Christmas. I adored these cookies, but was the only person in my family who did. So we never made them. Eventually we moved & lost touch with that nieghbor. As an adult I remembered these fondly & have tried several recipes. This addaptation tastes just like my dear old nieghbor's version & really brings the memories of Christmases gone by back. Great cookie to make with children.

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Ingredients

20 mins

60 servings

2 1/4 cupall-purpose flour
1 tspbaking soda
1 tspsalt
1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
3/4 cuppacked brown sugar
1 cupsoftened butter (2 sticks)
2large eggs
3/4 cupgranulated sugar
1 cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cupspiced gum drops
Decorative topping
1 cupspiced gum drops or as needed to dress up the tops

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Steps

20 mins

1

Preheat oven to 375°F fahrenheit
2

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, softened butter, & vanilla extract until creamy.
3

Add eggs one at a time mixing them into the butter sugar mixture.
4

Sift together the flour, baking soda, & salt. Add to the butter sugar mixture & combine together.
5

Gently stir in chocolate chips & 1 1/2 cups of the spiced gum drops
6

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a greased or parchment covered cookie sheet. Place a few gumdrops on top of each lump of dough to dress up the cookies.
7

Bake for 9 - 11 minutes. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a wire cooling rack. Cool completely before storing. Yeilds about 5 dozen.