Peanut butter reindeer cookies

By KEM77

holiday dessert, Winter, Dessert, Easy, Holiday, Christmas, Cookies, Buttery, Sweet, Peanut

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup Unsalted butter; softened to room temperature
• 0.75 cup Peanut butter
• 1/3 cup Granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup Light brown sugar; packed
• 1 large Egg
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 48 large RED M&M candies
• 96 Semisweet chocolate chips
• 48 Pretzels; broken into 96 1-inch pieces

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from bigoven.com

Preparation

Step 1

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