Saturday, December 12, 2009

Reindeer Cookies





Another "semi-homemade" and EASY cookie recipe for Christmas.  You could make lots of variations for the decorations on these.  I used red m & m's for the nose.  And I don't know why I broke the pretzels in half this time...it obviously looks much better with the whole pretzels!  You can find the recipe here on the Pillsbury website.


1roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
1/4cup all-purpose flour
1cup vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
64small pretzel twists
64semisweet chocolate chips (about 1/4 cup)
16gumdrops, cut in half
DIRECTIONS
1.Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough; work flour into dough until well blended. Shape roll of cookie dough into triangle-shaped log. (If dough is too soft to cut, place in freezer 30 minutes.)
2.With thin sharp knife, cut dough into 32 (1/4-inch-thick) triangular slices; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3.Bake 7 to 11 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4.Frost cookies with frosting. Place 2 pretzel twists on each triangle near corners for antlers. Lightly press 2 chocolate chips into each cookie for eyes and 1 halved gumdrop for nose. Store between sheets of waxed paper in tightly covered container.

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