Jumbo M&M Cookies!!!

Whenever I go to Safeway, I have a hard time passing up their jumbo M&M cookies.
 Not that they are just so amazing, it's just something about a jumbo cookie that has M&M's in it that I just cannot hold myself back from buying them. I wanted to try my own jumbo cookies, with more of a homemade taste. I was very pleased with how these little puppies turned out!

                                                           The goods.

      Mixing sugars, eggs, shortening and vanilla. I prefer a hand mixer over my KitchenAid.

                           Dry ingredients mixed into the shortening mixture.

   I love when M&M cookies just have the candies perfectly placed on top. I did four cookies per pan.

                                                       Perfection!!!!

The front ones look a little soft because they hadn't cooled yet. I wanted to take a pic so bad so I could eat them I couldn't stand it, lol!


I wanted to try these out so I could get some experience making jumbo cookies. These were absolutely delicious! However, I'm debating whether to tinker with the recipe a little. I feel that some people might be against the use of shortening in cookies. What do you guys think? Should I try butter instead? I might try half butter half shortening. I'm nervous to use butter because that might make them spread a lot and not look as pretty. Let me know, I would love your guys' input!

Love, Kailee