Description
Delicious reindeer-shaped cookies perfect for the holiday season!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shortening (Crisco)
- 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- chocolate covered pretzel twists (for the antlers)
- M&M chocolate candy (for the noses, preferably red)
- chocolate chips (for the eyes)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray or cover with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, combine 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour with 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Using a fork, stir well. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer, combine 1/2 cup shortening (Crisco), 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed, 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter, 3 Tablespoons milk and 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract. Beat at medium speed until smooth and well-blended.
- Add in 1 large egg and mix well.
- Slowly begin adding the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Only add a little at a time as you mix it to make sure flour doesn’t fly everywhere. Don’t overmix, just stir until combined (or you’ll get tough cookies).
- Form dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Pinch the bottom half of the cookie with your fingers to create a reindeer face.
- Smush each one down gently with your hand.
- Bake cookies (one sheet at a time) on the middle rack for about 8 minutes.
- Prepare all your embellishments while the cookies are baking.
- Once cookies are finished, while still warm, start adding the noses (using the red M&M’s). Then add the chocolate chip eyes fairly close to the nose, pointy side up.
- Add the antlers using the chocolate covered pretzel twists, applying a bit of pressure to ensure they stay in place.
- Allow cookies to finish cooling.
Notes
- Don’t bake too many cookies at a time to ensure you can decorate them without cooling too quickly.
- Make sure to apply pressure on the antlers to keep them secure.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg