Christmas Reindeer Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter

  (at room temperature)
• 1 ½ cups peanut butter

  (creamy or chunky)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 2 large eggs

  (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 60 chocolate covered pretzels
• 30 M&Ms candies
• 60 chocolate chips

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet (or 2) with parchment
  paper.
• 2 Cream together the 1 cup butter, 1 ½ cups peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup
  light brown sugar in a mixing bowl (or the bowl of your stand mixer) until
  creamy.
• 3 Mix in the 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1
  teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt until smooth. *If the wet
  ingredients start to curdle after adding the eggs, add in 1 tablespoon of the
  flour.
• 4 Mix in the 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour just until it has been incorporated into
  the do, be careful not to overmix.
• 5 Form the dough into 1-inch round balls and gently pinch the bottom of the dough
  ball then lightly flatten it with your hand to shape it into a reindeer face.
  Place them onto your prepared baking sheets with 2 inches of space between them.
• 6 Bake at 350°F (175°C) until the edges of the cookies just begin to brown, about
  8-10 minutes.
• 7 Have your reindeer embellishments ready to go so you can work quickly when the
  cookies come out of the oven. Once you take the cookies out of the oven, place 1
  of the 30 M&Ms candies on each reindeer face for the nose.
• 8 Place 2 of the 60 chocolate chips above the M&M nose on each cookie (fairly
  close to the nose to leave room for antlers). Then, place 2 of the 60 chocolate
  covered pretzels just above the eyes for antlers. They should be at least 50% on
  the cookie because they are heavy and will fall off if there is not plenty of
  cookie underneath to support them.
• 9 After decorating, transfer your reindeer cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool
  completely before serving or storing for later.

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