Here is one of our favorite family baking traditions. The reindeer cookie.
They are lots of fun to make, they look adorable--even the little ones can do it!
First you start with your favorite peanut butter cookie recipe.
Gather a few simple decorative toppings: tiny twist pretzels, chocolate chips and holiday M&Ms.
Roll dough into balls, press flat, then pinch slightly to create the 'reindeer' head shape.
Add a tiny twist pretzel for his antlers,
and chocolate chips (pointy side down)
for the eyes,
and finally an M&M for the nose!
Piece of cake! Well cookie, actually.
Bake as called for in your PB cookie recipe, but watch for the cracking of M&Ms-- it may be a minute or two less.
Ho Ho Ho!
