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Easy Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies Recipe

December 8, 2020 By Melissa 3 Comments
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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. Our Grinch Cookie Pops are another easy Christmas treat recipe.

Peanut butter cookie that look like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer on a white plate      

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

rudolph cookie ingredients  on counter

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.

peanut butter cookie ball with indentation in the center of cookie  and sprinkles of sugar


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 Rudolph Cookies Recipe

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5 from 1 vote

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.
 

Want more easy and tasty recipes for Christmas?

Grinch Kebobs

Reindeer Hot Chocolate – Easy DIY Gift 

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Peppermint Mocha

Need Gift ideas? So so many unique gift ideas for everyone on your list. 

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  1. Gwen says

    December 8, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    These are too cute! We have made a version of these with sugar cookies before, but peanut butter! Yes! Thanks for sharing! I’ll be pinning these. Merry Christmas!

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  2. Jamie says

    December 16, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    5 stars
    Those are adorable, and look so yummy!! Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
  3. Tanya @ Mom's Small Victories says

    December 11, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    These are so adorable, I wish my boys liked peanut butter so I could make these but I would end up having to eat them all! Stopping by from Motivation Monday! I hope you’ll linkup with our Pretty Pintastic Party too. I’ve pinned your post to my Christmas board.

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