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Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

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

 "I don't really do much baking, but it is my first Christmas with no family except the kids so I have launched into a month of serious Christmas cookie making. These didn't hold together terribly well, though that could just be the high altitude baking issues. I had to work on the timing to get the decorations on when they weren't too crumbly or too set. The kids messed them up completely and my older son gave up completely after decorating about 2. The recipe wasn't the magical family experience I had hoped it would be, but I will make the recipe again, on my own, for the kids..." - cleverkt

Yield: 48 Servings Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Peanut Butter

(4.5, 47) 88% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 48 Servings
0.5 cupUnsalted butter; softened to room temperature
0.75 cupPeanut butter
1/3 cupGranulated sugar
1/3 cupLight brown sugar; packed
1 largeEgg
1 teaspoonVanilla extract
1.5 cupsAll-purpose flour
1 teaspoonBaking soda
1/2 teaspoonSalt
48 largeRED M&M candies
96 Mini semisweet chocolate chips
48 Pretzels; broken into 96 1-inch pieces

Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Preparation

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, baking 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.

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  • These are a tasty treat, but be prepared to spend quite some time preparing them. The making of the antlers can be a little time-consuming. Have some wine at hand! photo by dereliqueME dereliqueME

  • photo by Sarah7479 Sarah7479

  • Mine didn't turn out good. :( photo by Heart2christ Heart2christ

  • photo by amandageorgepelts amandageorgepelts

  • Fun times photo by aeckhardt aeckhardt

  • photo by Lola5652 Lola5652

  • photo by Beccie Beccie

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  • Made these for Xmas 2008. They were a hit! photo by DeeDub85 DeeDub85

  • photo by bradygirl bradygirl

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    • Calories Per Serving: 92
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    Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Reviews

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    3 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 9 hours, 52 minutes ago
    Look so good
    4 months, 5 days, 11 hours, 9 minutes ago
    4 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes ago
    I used my own peanut butter cookie recipe and it turned out fantastic! I would prefer regular chocolate chips though, the eyes looked too small.
    4 months, 4 weeks, 36 minutes ago
    Cute recipe! I added some honey as well and baked with antlers in place and so far so good...no crumbling!
    4 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Too cute!
    4 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes ago
    These are yummy, easy, fun to make!! I added 2 tsp of honey to the dough after I read reviews that they were crumbly. Texture was perfect! I also put pretzels in before baking so they would stick well.
    4 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 23 hours, 54 minutes ago
    Super cute, easy and delicious! Definitely a Christmas staple!!!
    5 months, 3 days, 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
    6 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 10 hours, 44 minutes ago
    6 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 15 hours, 54 minutes ago
    9 months, 4 days, 23 hours, 42 minutes ago
    Cookies were very good, but they crumbled as soon as we put the antlers and candies in.
    9 months, 4 weeks, 13 hours, ago
    These are so cool and we r going to make these but my mom and I love them
    1 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
    Delicious cookies but my 6 yr old and I couldn't get the timing right to put in antlers. They crumbled but we had fun anyway!
    1 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 14 hours, 37 minutes ago
    Omg so cute and sooo easy! Makes for great gifts for coworkers too! Thanks
    1 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 9 hours, 43 minutes ago
    I put the pretzels in before baking and they turned out great. These cookies are so cute!
    1 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes ago
    Made these today with my 8yr old and 2 yr old. However i cheated and used a pb bag mix from Betty crocker. However they had so much fun making the reindeer!
    1 years, 5 months, 2 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes ago
    Really good cookie and fun to make. Only made about 30 small cookies though, not 48 like the recipe said. Also, I had to to take them out before they were finished cooking to put the pretzels in. The first batch tried to crumble
    1 years, 5 months, 3 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes ago
    It's a big hit at the holiday cookie party.
    1 years, 5 months, 5 days, 8 hours, 10 minutes ago
    I have made these cookies MANY times. My boyfriend at the time made this back in 2006, and it took me 5 years to find this recipe...A HUGE hit at Christmas parties
    1 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes ago

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