My M&M Cookie Recipe

For this week's photo journal, I wanted to share my M&M cookie recipe and photograph the process. 

For these cookies you will need...

• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups of all-purpose four
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 3/4 cup of brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1/2 cup of shortening
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter unsalted 
• 1 package of baking M&Ms

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. This will take about 2 minutes.
3. Beat in the vanilla and eggs.
4. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt on low speed
5. Turn off the mixer and stir in the M&Ms
6. Form the dough into balls about three tablespoons and place 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the tops are just set
8. Once out of the oven, place a few extra M&Ms on top if you wish.

Automatic Settings (Test Photo)
f/4, 1/60s, iso 800

I snapped a couple of test photos on automatic settings with these eggs to see where to start.

Manual Photo
f/4, 1/200 s, iso 100

Manual Edited

I adjusted the shutter speed, because the eggs were moving slightly, and I wanted to be able to catch them. I edited the picture to be a bit brighter and vibrant.

Manual Photo
f/4.0, 1/200 s, iso 6400

Final Edited Photo

It is super dark in my house, so I had to really increase the ISO, the flash did not help the picture at all.

Manual Photo
f/4, 1/200s, iso 100

Final Edited Photo

For these next sets of photos, I went back to my settings for the first picture.

I edited both of the Final Edited Photos to look more vibrant and rich.

Manual Photo
f/4, 1/200s, iso 100

Final Edited Photo