Smells Like Christmas Cookies! Reindeer Cuties
ByThese simple cookies are a hit. Fun to make…fun to eat. I like that they are made with honey and whole wheat. And they really don’t take much time at all.
Reindeer Cuties
1 /2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. vanilla
2 cups whole wheat flour
tiny pretzels
chocolate chips
red hot candies
Stir together butter, peanut butter and honey. Add egg, baking powder, baking soda and vanilla. Mix in flour. Chill dough for about an hour.
Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a well floured surface. Cut circles using a small drinking glass. Place on cookie sheet. Use fingers to squeeze the circles in the middle.
Place two pretzels at the top for antlers, two chocolate chips on for eyes and one red hot candy for a nose.
Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow reindeer to cool 2-3 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
And, well…from the Land of the Misfit Cookies…
I just had to show you Malachi’s attempt at a reindeer.
He sure did have fun helping!
How cute! And it’s nice that they are fairly simple for kids.
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These look great! We might try these tonight. About how many cookies does this recipe make? Thanks!!
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I really like the less that perfect reindeer. And that sounds like the title of a book for children. I have got to make these cookies for my cookies platters. Way to cute. Thank you.
Roberta Anne
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I really like these cookies. My boys are going to love making these.
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Those are so cute… especially Malachi’s!
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Cute cookies! Thanks for sharing!!
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Those are super cute!
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First, let me say that I have been SO enjoying your site!!!! Thank you for all your advice and wonderful recipes.
These cookies are too cute. We will be making these for Santa and my girls are so excited! :) I’m assuming they cook at 350? Can’t wait!
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Hello! This looks like fun! Does anyone know if regular old peanut butter and white flour will work ok? My 2 year old and I are making cookies with my mom this weekend and this looks perfect!
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My 4 and 2 year old made these almost independently with the toaster oven and they had a blast! They were not a very sweet cookie and I liked them better the next day. We delivered them to our neighbors, and I’m sure most of the antlers fell off during our delivery process. The neighbors still figured out what they were suppose to be:)
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Thank you for sharing this recipe. These cookies are so cute! I was thinking of putting the eyes a bit further down and the nose on the bottom half of the cookie, so it looks like a reindeer face.
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