This is a big week – championship week in men’s college basketball, amid the start of NFL free agency, and races are tightening in the NHL and NBA ahead of the postseason.  So I felt stuffed cookies were in order.  Specifically – M&M chocolate chip cookies stuffed with a brownie.  Sounds about right. 

• Ingredients list
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup butter crisco
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 3.4 Oz instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups M&ms
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• One batch of brownies cut into small cubes

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, butter crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Blend in pudding mix.  Fold in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips and m&ms.  Scoop out 1 tbs dough and slightly flatten.  Place a brownie cube on top.  Scoop out another tbs of dough and slightly flatten.  Place on top of  brownie cube and seal edges to hide brownie.  Chill and few hours or over night.  Preheat oven to 350.  Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies doughs on sheet. 

Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer. 

Cool completely.   Store in covered container.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!