Christmas Reindeer Cookies

 

Reindeer Cookies

3/4 cup peanut butter

1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 egg

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

Chocolate-covered mini pretzels

Mini brown M&Ms

Regular-sized red M&Ms

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat until just blended.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.

Form dough into 1-inch balls. To make reindeer-shaped cookies, pinch the bottom of the ball slightly to form a point, then gently flatten with your hand. Space cookies about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until set or just beginning to brown. 

Remove from oven and immediately (and gently) press two mini pretzels into the tops of the cookies for the reindeer's antlers. Press two mini brown M&Ms in for the eyes and one red M&M for the nose (or any other color... some of mine ended up with green noses. They might be South Pole reindeer.). 

Allow to cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack or paper towel to cool completely. 

Makes about 40 reindeer cookies.

Source: Peanut butter cookie recipe from Jif.

Gobble Gobble!

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
• Pumpkin Cupcakes 
• Simple Chocolate Buttercream 
• 18 coconut-covered marshmallows
• 36 chocolate sprinkles
• 90 mini gummy fish (orange, red, and yellow)
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut on a small baking sheet. Bake, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool.
2. Ice cupcakes with chocolate buttercream. Dip top of each cupcake in coconut to cover; set aside.
3. To make the turkey heads: Stick the point of a wet toothpick into the side of a marshmallow in two spots, about 1/2-inch apart. Fill the holes with chocolate sprinkles to resemble eyes. Cut a small triangular piece of gummy fish from the head of a fish, to resemble a beak. Cut a small slit in the marshmallow below the eyes, and insert the beak. Place marshmallow head on cupcake. Repeat with remaining marshmallows.
4. To make the tail feathers: Insert 4 gummy fish, tails first, into each cupcake across from the heads.
   

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Halloween!

Whether it's ghosts, monsters or witches, there is definitely no 

shortage of Halloween inspired ideas! And since Halloween is one of 
our favorite holidays, here are a few of our favorite treats.
To make the cute green Frankie cups, all you need is vanilla pudding 
dyed green, topped with crushed Oreos. Use small clear cups and a 
marker to make the faces. So simple, and so cute!

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