Christmas Cookies: Reindeer Cookie
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21 December 2009
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Chocolate Reindeer Cookie
Are you looking for an easy Christmas cookie recipe to make with your children or grandchildren? This Reindeer Cookie from Betty Crocker is easy to make – just bake chocolate cookies, add salty pretzel “antlers”, and decorate the reindeer’s face with M&Ms. Kids of all ages will enjoy these Reindeer Cookies…Santa, too!
Prep Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 min
Makes: 5 dozen cookies
Total Time: 1 hour 15 min
Makes: 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
| 1 | cup butter, softened |
| 1/2 | cup powdered sugar |
| 1/2 | cup packed brown sugar |
| 1/4 | cup unsweetened baking cocoa |
| 3 | tablespoons milk |
| 1 | teaspoon vanilla |
| 1 | egg yolk |
| 2 | cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour |
| 60 | large pretzel twists |
| 60 | M&Ms |
| 120 | chocolate chips |
Directions:
| 1. | Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in sugars and cocoa until well blended. Beat in milk, vanilla and egg yolk. On low speed, slowly beat in flour until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally. |
| 2. | Fit heart template in cookie press; fill cookie press with dough. Place pretzels onto lightly floured surface. Force dough through template on top of flat, bottom end of each pretzel twist (two rounds at top of pretzel will form the antlers). Press 2 M&Ms at upper part of heart to make eyes, and 1 chocolate chip to make nose on each reindeer. Place reindeer on ungreased cookie sheet. |
| 3. | Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are firm, but not browned. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. |
Kitchen Tips
If you don’t have a cookie press, shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Press 1 ball over bottom of 1 pretzel, pinching bottom in to form nose.
