rudolph the red nose reindeer cookies
This came from my son's second grade class cookbook. He is now in law school. I am posting a few recipes from this book. I have had it for years and still use recipes I got in this book that he brought home many years ago. *Each child brought a recipe and they assembled a little cookbook. They combined two second grade classes. It has some of the best holiday cookies and I have used them for years. It was such a brilliant idea. More schools should do this. It was their present to their Mothers and it has definitely been a present that I have used for years and years and will continue to use and have many memories of love attached..... (YOU CAN ALSO CUT THIS RECIPE IN HALF SHOULD YOU ONLY WANT 32 COOKIES).... IT WAS ORIGINALLY 32. I doubled it because it was never enough.....
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Are these not the cutest little cookies?! These little deers are ideal for getting the kiddos involved. They have a pretty subtle peanut butter flavor, so feel free to decorate away! If you can believe it, we weren't able to find the red gumdrops called for in the recipe, so used dried cranberries instead. We were pleased with the way they turned out and would highly recommend making these for your next kid party.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 - egg
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (real vanilla)
- 1 1/2 cups chopped peanuts
- 128 small pretzels
- 64 small red gumdrops
- 1 package semisweet miniature chocolate chip pieces
How To Make rudolph the red nose reindeer cookies
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Step 1Beat butter and peanut butter for 30 seconds.
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Step 2Add half the flour, the sugar, honey, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined.
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Step 3Stir 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.
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Step 4Work 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.
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Step 5Bake 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.
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Step 6Makes 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.....
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