Ingredients

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 0.75 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg , at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.13 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.5 cups mini candy-coated chocolate pieces , such as mini M&M's®

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. 2 Mix together peanut butter, 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg until combined. Mix in mini chocolate M&Ms.
3. 3 Scoop out 1 1/2 tablespoon sized balls of dough and place 1 inch apart on the baking sheets. Flatten dough balls to about 1/2 inch thickness.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until tops of cookies begin to slightly crack, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool 10 minutes on baking sheets before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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