Monday, November 22, 2010

Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

I made these reindeer cookies for one of our famous Pineo Cookie Parties, they were so fun to do.

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
48 large red m&m candies
96 mini semisweet choc chips
Pretzels, broken into 96 1 inch pieces

Heat oven to 375 degrees, rack in center.  Grease 2 baking sheets.  In a large mixer bowl beat together butter,
peanut butter and sugars on medium speed until light about 2 minutes.  Add egg and vanilla, beat until combined.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt until a dough forms.  Roll into 1 inch balls and place 1 inch apart on prepared sheets.

Bake one sheet at a time, until just set and bottoms are golden.  8 to 10 minutes.  For each cookie, immediately place
1 m&m in center for nose.  2 choc chips for eyes and 2 pretzel pieces on top for antlers.  Transfer cookies on sheets to
a wire rack and let cool completely.  Can be made ahead.  Store in an airtight container at room temperature, in single
layers separated by wax paper.

Enjoy!