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Bird’s Nest Cookies
Combine the taste of toasted coconut with colorful M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter, and get Yellow’s favorite springtime dessert!
Prep time: 25 min.
Baking time: 12-14 min.
Decoration time: 10 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk, Peanut, Almond or Crispy Chocolate Candies for Easter
- 2 sticks butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Spread coconut on non-greased cookie sheet. Toast in oven, stirring occasionally, until it turns light golden, about 25 minutes.
- Remove coconut from cookie sheet and set aside.
- Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees. In large bowl, add butter and sugar and whip until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla.
- In medium bowl, combine flour and salt. Blend into creamed mixture.
- Form dough into 1-1/4-inch balls. Roll heavily into toasted coconut.
- Place coconut cookies 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Make indentation with thumb in center of each cookie. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove cookies and cool completely. Fill indentations with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter.
