Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

48 Servings
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Festive and whimsical Rudolph cookies for the holiday season. From a recipe in Ladies Home Journal, December 2007.

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Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Ingredients

0.5 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature	1.5 cups all-purpose flour
0.75 cup peanut butter	1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup granulated sugar	1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar	48 large RED M and M candies
1 large egg	96 mini semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract	48 Pretzels, broken into 96 1-inch pieces

Instructions for Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 375F and place rack in center of the oven. Grease two baking sheets.

2. In a large mixer, beat butter, peanut butter and sugars on medium until mixed well and light in texture, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat until thoroughly combined. Stir in flour, bakign soda and salt until dough forms. Roll into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on prepared sheets.

3. Bake (recommend one sheet at a time) until just set and bottoms are golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. For each cookie, while warm, place 1 M&M in center for nose, 2 miniature chocolate chips for eyes, and broken pretzel for antlers. Transfer cookies to a wire rack or flattened paper bag and let cool completely. Can be made ahead, store in an airtight container.

Main Ingredient: Peanut ButterCuisine: American

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All-Purpose Flour

Baking soda

Brown Sugar

Egg

Peanut Butter

Salt

Sugar

Vanilla

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A delicious, easy, kid friendly recipe! My young nieces really enjoyed the photo for these Peanut Butter Reindeer cookies. Since the peanut butter cookie portion of this recipe is almost identical to our families Peanut Butter Blossoms recipe, it was a no brainer...we made half Blossoms and half Reindeer cookies.