RUDOLPH’S PEANUT-BUTTER COOKIES
 
 
RUDOLPH’S PEANUT-BUTTER COOKIES
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Ingredients
  • ½ c. butter
  • ½ c. peanut butter
  • 1 ¼ c. flour
  • ½ c. sugar
  • ¼ c. honey
  • 1 egg
  • ½ t. baking soda
  • ½ t. baking powder
  • ½ t. vanilla
  • ¾ c. chopped peanuts
  • 64 small pretzels
  • 32 small red gumdrops
  • Semisweet chocolate pieces
Instructions
  1. Beat butter and peanut butter for 30 seconds.
  2. Add half of the flour with the sugar, honey, egg, soda, powder and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined.
  3. Stir in remaining flour.
  4. Stir in peanuts.
  5. Cover and chill for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
  6. Work half of dough at a time, keeping the rest refrigerated.
  7. Using 1 T. of dough, shape into a triangle about 2 ½” long and 2” wide on ungreased cookie sheet.
  8. Lightly press pretzel antlers into sides at wide end of triangle.
  9. Add gumdrop noses and chocolate pieces for eyes.
  10. Bake 375 for 7-8 minutes or till bottoms are lightly browned. Let cook 2 minutes on sheet. Carefully remove from rack to completely cool.
Notes
*****Sometimes I add the eyes right out of the oven. Also, around the holidays sometimes you can find peanut butter dough already made. You can substitute the ready-made dough for the one made from scratch.
Recipe by Geaux Ask Alice! at https://geauxaskalice.com/rudolphs-peanut-butter-cookies/