M&Ms PARTY COOKIES

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1-1/2 t vanilla
2-1/4 cup sifted flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1-1/2 cups M & Ms

Cream sugars, shortening, eggs, and vanilla together.  Mix dry ingredients together and add.  Stir in M& Ms.  Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased baking sheet.  If desired, decorate tops with additional M & Ms.  Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.  Makes 5-6 dozen cookies.

These are pretty, but I think the baking time may be a little off.  Mine turned out to be a little on the dark side.  Probably a different sugar cookie recipe with M & Ms added would be better, but anyway, the cookie jar was cleaned out!