Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Paw Prints

DAY 5: Peanut Butter Paw Prints

These are fun cookies to make with kids. Use regular-sized chocolate chips for the small pads of the pawprint, and larger chocolate disks (I used dark chocolate melting chocolate wafers) for the large pad.

Use a very small cookie scoop (or make 1” balls) so that the paw print pattern covers most of the cooked cookie.

These cookies are made from a peanut butter cookie dough. If you want a nut-free cookie base, try this recipe:

For a more anatomically correct bear paw print, you should use 5 small chocolate chips, but I thought that looked too crowded, so I stuck with 3. For puppy paw prints, use 4 small chocolate chips.

RECIPE:

Peanut Butter Paw Prints

Servings: 60
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1 cup butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
Chocolate Chips and Larger Chocolate Candy Melts (dark chocolate preferred)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Using an electric mixer, cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined.

Use a small level cookie scoop to scoop dough. Roll dough into small 1” balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten dough balls slightly with the palm of your hand.

Bake at 350°F for 8-9 minutes. Immediately press chocolate candy melt and chocolate chips into warm cookies to form paw print pattern. Cool 2-3 minutes on baking sheet and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes about 5 dozen small cookies.

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