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Pretzel Reindeer Cookies
Pretzel Reindeer Cookies are the sweetest cookie project that you can make with your kids this Christmas season. Perfect for a little holiday party or watching your favorite holiday movies.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Large egg, room temperature
- 1 cups All-purpose flour + extra for rolling
- 2 tablespoon Cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 15 Hard pretzels, snapped in half
- Black and red decorating frosting
Instructions
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and beat some more.
- Next add all of the dry ingredients into the mix: flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
- Mix and knead until a cookie dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Once the chilling time is up, remove the cookie dough from the fridge.
- Sprinkle a smooth surface with flour. Add flour on a rolling pin as well.
- Roll out the cookie dough so that it’s about ¼ of an inch in size.
- Use a round cookie cutter, about 2 inches in diameter, to cut out 12-15 cookies.
- Press 2 pretzel halves on the top of each cookie - these will act as the reindeer’s antlers.
- Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
- With a round piping tip, pipe out a red nose and two black dots (for eyes) on the reindeer.
Christina's Notes
- Sharp Knife: Mom can cut the mini pretzel twists with a knife for even antlers.
- Short cut tip: Try using premade cookie dough in any flavor such as peanut butter or caramel that you like and candy eyeballs for quicker cookies.
- Variation tip: Feel free to add reins out of icing on the cookies.
- Alternate ingredient: Nuts can be used for eyes and noses.
- Dietary consideration tip: Low calorie cookie ingredients can be great in this recipe. Use a one for one sugar alternative such as splenda or swerve.