BEST Kitchen Sink Cookies Recipe - Panera Copycat

Stack of golden brown kitchen sink cookies packed with pretzels, potato chips, and candy pieces for the ultimate everything-but-the-kitchen-sink dessert.

BEST Kitchen Sink Cookies Recipe - Panera Copycat

5 from 2 votes

Everything but the kitchen sink cookies recipe is stuffed with all your favorite mix-ins! These kitchen sink cookies (Panera copycat) are the best of all kitchen sink cookies recipes! If you love loaded cookies, you need to try this kitchen sink cookie recipe, or make my kitchen sink cookies Christmas variation!

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 9

Total Time: 24

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine :American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 279kcal

Recipe Source: Chenée Lewis

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Ingredients

1 ½ cup (330 g) light brown sugar - packed
1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter - melted
2 large eggs - room temperature
1 tablespoon (15 ml) pure vanilla extract - store-bought or homemade
2 ⅔ cups (333 g) all-purpose flour - measured by weight using a kitchen scale or with the spoon and level method
4 teaspoon (8 g) cornstarch
1 teaspoon (4 g) baking soda
1 ¼ teaspoon (8 g) salt
1 cup (180 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
¾ cup (156 g) M&M chocolate candies
¾ cup (177 g) caramel bits
1 cup (80 g) mini pretzels - broken into pieces
½ cup (43 g) wavy potato chips - broken into pieces
flaky sea salt - for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with a silicone liner or parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk melted butter with brown sugar until mixture is combined. Add egg, then vanilla, and whisk again until smooth and fluffy.
1 cup unsalted butter, 1 ½ cup light brown sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Sift in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Fold mixture to form a dough.
2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour, 4 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 ¼ teaspoon salt
Add mix-ins. Fold in gently until evenly distributed.
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, ¾ cup M&M chocolate candies, ¾ cup caramel bits, 1 cup mini pretzels, ½ cup wavy potato chips
Scoop cookie dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet. Add extra mix-ins on top, if you like.
Bake 9-11 minutes, or until edges of cookies are golden brown. Sprinkle with flaky salt as soon as they come out of the oven. Let cool on a wire rack, and enjoy!
flaky sea salt

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Notes

Top Tip: For a soft, chewy texture, be sure not to over-bake your cookies! When you remove them from the oven, they should still be soft and not quite set in the center, and just starting to get golden brown on the edges.

Storage: This M&M cookie recipe keeps well at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Or it can be frozen for up to 3 months.

Mix-in Options: The objective with our mix-ins is to have a balance of sweet and salty, which is why I combined M&Ms, semisweet chocolate chips, caramel bits, mini pretzels, potato chips. If you want to swap in alternate mix-ins, here are some great options:

M&Ms - swap in any flavor of M&Ms, Reese's Pieces, chopped up Snickers bars, or sprinkles!
Chocolate Chips - swap the semi-sweet chocolate chips for milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, cream cheese baking morsels, or butterscotch chips!
Caramel Bits - you can also use toffee bits, caramels cut into smaller pieces, mini marshmallows, sweetened dried coconut, or dried fruit like raisins or dried cranberries.
Mini Pretzels - substitute another crunchy mix-in! Chop up some roasted pecans or roasted pistachios, or your favorite breakfast cereal!
Potato Chips - swap these for Ritz crackers or saltine crackers, or just use more pretzels!

Kitchen Sink Cookies, Christmas Version: I love making this recipe for kitchen sink cookies at Christmas! They're perfect for cookie trays or a cookie exchange, and they're so customizable with your favorite festive mix-ins! Here's how I do it:

Replace half of the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips
Use red and green Holiday M&Ms to give these kitchen sink cookies Christmas color
Swap the caramel bits for crushed candy canes
And adding some red and green sprinkles is always a great idea for a festive holiday touch!

Oatmeal Kitchen Sink Cookies: For even more delicious texture in this kitchen sink recipe, you can turn them into oatmeal kitchen sink cookies! Just reduce the flour to 2 cups and add 1 ⅓ cups of old fashioned oats, and bake as normal!

To mix this recipe for kitchen sink cookies, you'll need a large mixing bowl, a whisk, and a rubber spatula to mix up the dough. I also always recommend a kitchen scale for measuring dry ingredients.

I use a #24 cookie scoop to scoop out medium-sized cookies, but you could also use a #30 cookie scoop -- just check them a few minutes early. To bake your cookies, you'll need a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. I also love to have a tiered wire rack to help the cookies cool.

To get perfectly round cookies, swirl the cookies around in a large round biscuit cutter right when they come out of the oven!

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