Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Cookies Food

PEANUT BUTTER RUDOLPH REINDEER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, peanut butter and sugars on medium speed until light, about 2 minutes.
• Add egg and vanilla extract; beat until combined.
• Stir in flour, baking soda and salt until a dough forms.
• Roll into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on prepared sheets.
• Bake, one sheet at a time, until just set and bottoms are golden, 8 to 10 min.
• For each cookie, immediately place 1 M&M in center for nose, 2 chocolate chips for eyes and 2 pretzel pieces on top for antlers. Transfer cookies on sheets to a wire rack and let cool completely.
• Alternatively melt chocolate chips and use a bamboo skewer dipped in melted chocolate to draw eyes on the cooled cookies.

RUDOLPH'S RED NOSE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the condensed milk, butter, and vanilla extract.
• Next, whisk the cocoa powder into the mixture. Don't whisk to the point of making the mixture frothy, but just until the cocoa powder is well incorporated.
• Add 5 cups of the coconut and all of the powdered sugar. Stir until well combined.
• Place in refrigerator and chill for 15 minutes. In the meantime, add the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut to a bowl. Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper and set aside.
• Once the mixture has chilled, use a cookie scoop to keep the portions even. Working with one cookie at a time, portion our a heaping tablespoon of the cookie mixture. Roll into a ball.
• Roll the ball into the remaining coconut and place onto prepared baking sheet.
• Place a candied cherry onto the cookie and with a clean finger, push the cherry straight down until the cherry is half way buried into the cookie. Continue until all of the cookie mixture is used up.
• Once done, place the entire baking sheet into the fridge for 30 minutes until the balls are firm. Remove from fridge and transfer to a food-safe container with a tight fitting lid.
• Keep balls refrigerated. Remove desired amount from fridge a few minutes before serving.

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter and peanut butter for 30 seconds.
• 2. Add half the flour, the sugar, honey, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined.
• 3. Stir in the remaining flour. Stir in peanuts. cover and chill thoroughly at least one hour (1 hour) or until the dough is easy to handle.
• 4. Work with half the dough at a time, keeping the rest refrigerated. Using one Tablespoon of the dough, shape it into a triangle about 2 and 1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide on an ungreased cookie sheet. Lightly press pretzel antlers into sides at wide end of triangles. Add gumdrop noses and chocolate pieces for eyes.
• 5. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Let cool 2 minutes on cookies sheet and then carefully remove to rack to cool.
• 6. Makes 64 cookies. This is a great kid cookie treat. They go fast. Great to take to kid parties and not so sweet that you don't feel super bad.....

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER COOKIES

Steps:

• Microwave the chocolate in a small glass dish on high for 3 minutes, stirring once.
• For each Rudolph dip 2 pretzel sticks in chocolate and stick to top of each sandwich cookie, forming large antlers.
• Break one pretzel in half, dip in chocolate and place pretzel half next to longer pretzel sticks, forming antlers.
• Dip one side of blue, green, or brown mini M&M's in melted candy coating and place, coated side down, on cookies for the eyes.
• Dip one side of the cinnamon red hot, or red M&M in candy coating, and place on cookies, coated side down, for the nose.