Reindeer Cookies

By Ellie

24 Person

28 Minutes

400 Calories

Christmas Cookies is one of the holiday traditions I look forward to the most! and when we prepare the Christmas tree, we find the best cookies for Santa.Now share with us the best recipe for Christmas cookies!

Ingredients

chocolate chips
M & M's
mini pretzel twists plain or chocolate covered
3/4 tsp. table salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tbsp. vanilla
3 tbsp. milk
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cup light brown sugar packed
1/2 cup shortening

Method

01

Preheat oven to 375℉.
02

Spray baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
03

In acmixing bowl, combine shortening, brown sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until smooth and well-blended.
04

Add in egg and mix well.
05

In a separate bowl, combine flour with baking soda and salt. Using a fork, stir well.
06

Slowly begin adding the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Only adding a little at a time as you mix it to make sure flour doesn't fly everywhere. Don't overmix, just stir until combined.
07

Form dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
08

Then, to make the reindeer face, pinch the bottom half of the cookie. Then smush it down a bit with your hand.
09

Bake cookies (one sheet at a time) for about 8 minutes.
10

While the cookies are baking, start getting all your embellishments organized. As soon as the cookies come out, you are going to be working kinda fast.
11

Once cookies are finished, while still warm, start adding the noses. Then add the eyes (chocolate chips) fairly close to the nose. Then add the antlers (pretzels). This part can be just a bit tricky because those antlers are heavy. So it's important that you don't put them too far to the edge of the cookie. They need to be solidly on the cookie, near the eyes, and gently apply a bit of pressure to make sure they stay in place.
12

Allow cookies to finish cooling.

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Reindeer Cookies

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( By Ellie )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 24 servings
Calorie 400 Kcal
Prep Time 20 Mins
Cook Time 8 Mins
Total Time 28 Mins

02 Ingredients

chocolate chips

M & M's

mini pretzel twists plain or chocolate covered

3/4 tsp. table salt

3/4 tsp. baking soda

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 egg

1 tbsp. vanilla

3 tbsp. milk

3/4 cup peanut butter

1 1/4 cup light brown sugar packed

1/2 cup shortening

03 Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375℉.

Step 2

Spray baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 3

In acmixing bowl, combine shortening, brown sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until smooth and well-blended.

Step 4

Add in egg and mix well.

Step 5

In a separate bowl, combine flour with baking soda and salt. Using a fork, stir well.

Step 6

Slowly begin adding the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Only adding a little at a time as you mix it to make sure flour doesn't fly everywhere. Don't overmix, just stir until combined.

Step 7

Form dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Step 8

Then, to make the reindeer face, pinch the bottom half of the cookie. Then smush it down a bit with your hand.

Step 9

Bake cookies (one sheet at a time) for about 8 minutes.

Step 10

While the cookies are baking, start getting all your embellishments organized. As soon as the cookies come out, you are going to be working kinda fast.

Step 11

Once cookies are finished, while still warm, start adding the noses. Then add the eyes (chocolate chips) fairly close to the nose. Then add the antlers (pretzels). This part can be just a bit tricky because those antlers are heavy. So it's important that you don't put them too far to the edge of the cookie. They need to be solidly on the cookie, near the eyes, and gently apply a bit of pressure to make sure they stay in place.

Step 12

Allow cookies to finish cooling.

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