Easy Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies Recipe

These adorable peanut butter Rudolph Cookies are adorable, festive and so easy to make. We love making cute Christmas cookies but who wants to spend hours making them!?! Not us, we love easy Christmas cookie recipes that are super cute and fun. These are perfect for a Christmas party. Be sure to check out all our easy party planning ideas.

Rudolph Cookies

These Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies make a fun treat for kids (and adults) plus they are so easy to make that the kids can help. This recipe requires just a few simple ingredients and you may have most of them on hand already! See the full printable recipe below.

I love that these are peanut butter easy reindeer cookies. Many Christmas cookies are sugar cookies so these have a whole different taste profile. These Rudolph cookies with pretzels have a yummy crunch!

Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Egg
1 1/3 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
48 Red M&M’s
96 mini Chocolate Chips
Mini Twist Pretzels

How to Make Rudolph Cookies

Cream together peanut butter, butter, sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.

Slowly add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, beating until incorporated. Roll into 1/2-3/4″ balls and place on cookie sheet several inches apart. Sprinkle with sugar and gently make an indentation slightly off the center of each cookie. Bake 12-14 minutes.

After you bake the Christmas Reindeer cookies, it is time to decorate! This is my favorite part.

• Place an M&M in the indentation of each cookie.
• Insert 2 mini chocolate chips (pointy side down) above the M&M to be the eyes.
• Insert 2 pretzel pieces to be the antlers.
• If the antlers won’t stick, place some chocolate chips in a sandwich bag and microwave 30 seconds and knead until soft. Clip the very tip of the corner and pipe onto cookie to act as glue.

Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Recipe

Print Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Easy Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies Recipe

Author: Melissa

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 Egg
• 1 1/3 cup Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 48 Red M&M’s
• 96 mini Chocolate Chips
• Mini Twist Pretzels

Instructions

• Break pretzels into pieces to use as antlers.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream together peanut butter, butter, sugar and brown sugar until smooth.
• Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, beating until incorporated.
• Roll into 1/2-3/4″ balls and place on cookie sheet several inches apart.
• Sprinkle with sugar and gently make an indentation slightly off the center of each cookie.
• Bake 12-14 minutes.
• Place an M&M in the indentation of each cookie.
• Insert 2 mini chocolate chips (pointy side down) above the M&M to be the eyes.
• Insert 2 pretzel pieces to be the antlers.
• If the antlers won’t stick, place some chocolate chips in a sandwich bag and microwave 30 seconds and knead until soft. Clip the very tip of the corner and pipe onto cookie to act as glue.

More Easy Christmas Recipes

• Grinch Cookie Pops
• Grinch Kebobs
• Reindeer Hot Chocolate – Easy DIY Gift 
• Peppermint Hot Chocolate
• Peppermint Mocha

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