Reindeer Cookies

Here is one of our favorite family baking traditions. The reindeer cookie.

They are lots of fun to make, they look adorable and even the little ones can do it- with some slight variations to the theme, of course.

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 and then press flat as a usual PB cookie.
Then pinch slightly to create the 'reindeer' head shape.

Add a tiny twist pretzel for his antlers,

and chocolate chips for the eyes,

and finally an M&M for the nose!

Piece of cake! Well, cookie, actually.

Bake as called for in your PB recipe, but watch for the cracking of M&Ms-- may be a couple of minutes less.

Enjoy!

**special thanks to my hand-model, Maddy