Sugar Cookie Jewels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. (2 sticks) butter or margarine
1 c. granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
12 oz. pkg. M&M's mini baking bits
granulated sugar as needed

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add egg and vanilla.
Combine flour and baking soda and add to creamed mixture until just blended.
Stir in M&M's baking bits.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
Place on greased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
With bottom of a glass dipped in sugar, flatten dough slightly so as not to crush M&M's baking bits.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes until edges are light golden, let cool 1 minute before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
Store in tightly covered container.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.