Peanut Butter and M&M's Easter Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter and M&M's Easter Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup butter softened; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 3 cups all purpose flour; 1 bag pastel colored M&M's

I was looking for a fairly easy dessert item for easter and I thought right away of peanut butter cookies. We make them at Christmas and used sprinkles to spice them up, so I thought why not the same for Easter with the pastel colored M&M's

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° In the bowl of the mixer cream the butters.
Once creamed beat in the sugars.
Add the eggs and vanilla and combine completely, then add the dry ingredients.
You should end with a stiff dough like for drop cookies.
Using a tablespoon or a # 60 scoop place batter onto a ungreased baking pan or one lined with a silpat.
Press to flatten with the floured back of a fork in two steps to form a slight oval shaped cookie.
Once flattened decorate by pushing the M&M's into the cookie.
Bake for 12- 15 minutes and remove from oven allowing them to cool and firm up for a minute or two on the pan, before placing them on a wire rack to cool completely.