Bake with kids, grandkids, or kids of friends? Or just a big kid yourself? Try this fun recipe for Reindeer Cookies. Take your favorite cookie dough or use this peanut butter one from www.kaboose.com.
Shape chilled dough into balls, then flatten into triangles. Add a broken pretzel to each top corner of the triangle. Add M&Ms for eyes and nose. Watch the "personalities" emerge!
Peanut butter Reindeer
1 c. butter (softened)
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. smooth peanut butter
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. salt
2 t. baking soda
3 c. flour
pretzels and M&Ms
1. Cream together first 5 ingredients
2. Stir together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.
3. Chill dough for 30 minutes
4. Roll dough into balls, flatten, and make into triangles.
5. Add pretzel pieces and M&Ms
6. Bake at 375 for 10-14 min.
Comments (8)
Palma, those cookies are SO cute! My grandsons would love them.
Posted by Deborah | December 3, 2008 9:08 AM
Posted on December 3, 2008 09:08
As I hit post I saw the typo - should read THE bloodshot not TO bloodshot!
My latte is sitting in front of me - clearly I need to drink it before posting!
Posted by Sheena | December 3, 2008 9:12 AM
Posted on December 3, 2008 09:12
This is a great idea! Thanks Palma,I will use this with my munchkins for sure.
Posted by Kate | December 3, 2008 9:53 AM
Posted on December 3, 2008 09:53
Too cute! I"m going to send this recipe to my DIL for the grandgirls to amke!
Posted by Barbara | December 3, 2008 11:14 AM
Posted on December 3, 2008 11:14
Palma, how fun!! Casey will have fun making this with his little friend Hannah---yes, he as a girl in every port (so to speak.)
Posted by Jane | December 3, 2008 1:33 PM
Posted on December 3, 2008 13:33
What a great idea! They are soooo cute!!! I wish I saw this before planning our reindeer cooking activity for my class for this year (we make reindeer pancakes with marachino cherry noses). I am going to print this and save it for next year :)
Posted by girasoli | December 4, 2008 9:59 PM
Posted on December 4, 2008 21:59
I got confused when the deer were upside down and thought you were cooking chickens! Anyway, they are cute right side up. Kind of psychedelic eyes ... woooo.
Posted by Judith in Umbria | December 5, 2008 6:46 AM
Posted on December 5, 2008 06:46
Palma, just wanted to let you know that this morning, I made these cookies with my nephews (ages 6 and 7) and it was so much fun! They don't look quite as nice as yours (some of them look like Picasso made them) but the boys had a blast doing it (and so did I).
Happy Holidays and thanks!
Posted by Annie | December 23, 2008 2:40 PM
Posted on December 23, 2008 14:40