Reindeer Peanut Butter Cookies

These adorable reindeer cookies are perfect to make with your children. The cookie is a peanut butter cookie. You form the cookie into a triangle shape and press in the broken pretzels for the antlers and the m&m candies for the eyes and nose before baking. These were fun to make. The only problem I had was getting a picture, as a swarm of teenage boys moved in for the hunt before I found the camera. Fortunately, there was more dough.

Adding an extra tablespoon of flour helps to firm them up so they keep their shape and don’t fall apart when you take them off the cookie sheet, but you could certainly leave it out. Remember that only Rudolph gets the red nose. I tried to make the antlers stick up, but I think they would be better if they were flat with the cookie. That way you could actually stack the cookies on the tray. My cookies didn’t stay on the tray long enough to need a second layer anyway, so it was not a problem.

These would be great to make with the kids. Make the dough ahead and put it in the fridge to chill and firm up. Then, when you’re ready, let the kids decorate them before popping into the oven.

Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

½ cup peanut butter
½ cup butter (no substitutes)
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 ¼ cup self-rising flour, plus 1 Tablespoon
m&m candies
pretzels

1. Cream the peanut butter and the butter well with an electric mixer. Add the sugars and mix well again.
2. Add the egg, mixing well.
3. Sift the flour into the dough, stirring with a spoon. When all is mixed in, place the dough into a plastic bag and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to chill.
4. Form 1 Tablespoon of dough into a triangle. Place 1 ½ – 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Poke the antlers into the dough, then the eyes and nose. The dough will expand when cooked.
5. Bake for 15 minutes at 310 degrees. Carefully remove from the baking sheet and cool on a wire rack. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.