Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies By Dapur Sinolin

Total Time 45 mins

Servings: 24 Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick or 113g) unsalted Butter, at room temp.
• 3/4 cup (195g) creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup (110g) packed Brown Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) Vanilla Extract
• 1 1/4 cups (155g) Flour
• 1 teaspoon (5g) Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon (3g) Salt
• M&M’s for the noses , we used the peanut ones
• Dark Chocolate Chips for the eyes
• Pretzel Pieces for the antlers

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheet pans with parchment paper.
2. In a mixer with a beater blade, mix together butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar until fluffy. Reduce speed to medium and mix in egg and vanilla extract.
3. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt for 20 seconds. Stir into peanut butter mixture until combined.
4. Roll dough into 1 1/2″ balls and place on lined sheet pan 2″ apart. Flatten the balls slightly.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are just lightly browned. Immediately place eyes, noses, and antlers into cookies. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.