If you're looking for a fun and easy no-bake treat to make this holiday season, look no further than these reindeer cookies! Made with simple ingredients like oats, peanut butter, and chocolate chips, these cookies are the perfect activity to do with kids or friends. They're also a great way to use up any leftover Halloween candy you may have lying around. So gather your supplies and get ready to make some delicious and festive reindeer cookies!
Let's cook with our recipes!
NO-BAKE REINDEER COOKIES
You don't need Christmas magic to make these appealing cookies. All it takes is 15 minutes and 5 ingredients!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Spread frosting on 1 side of each baking bit; attach 2 to top of each cookie for eyes.
- Spread frosting on wide end of each gumdrop; attach at hole of each cookie for nose.
- Break pretzels to look like antlers (see photo). Insert 2 pretzel pieces in top of each cookie for antlers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210, Carbohydrate 36 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 190 mg, Sugar 12 g, TransFat 1 g
REINDEER MASK COOKIES
With these playful cookies, everyone can join in the reindeer games.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h15m
Yield 9 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the dough: Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Beat together the egg and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Beat the butter, granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed. Once incorporated, increase the speed to medium and beat until slightly creamy, about 3 minutes. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Reduce the speed to low again and slowly pour in the egg mixture; beat until combined. Add the flour mixture, in 3 additions, increasing the speed as the dough gets thicker to keep the beaters spinning. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and the beaters as needed. Once all the flour is just incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until the dough is very smooth, about 5 minutes.
- Turn the dough out of the bowl and bring it together. Divide into 2 even pieces. Shape each piece into a flat square and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- To roll, cut and bake the cookies: Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Dust another sheet of parchment paper with flour and put 1 piece of the dough on top.
- Dust with more flour and top with another sheet of parchment. Roll the dough out between the parchment sheets into a square about 1/4-inch thick and place in the freezer for 5 minutes. Repeat with the remaining piece of dough.
- From 1 piece of rolled dough, cut out 8 cookies with a 2 1/2-inch cutter and 4 cookies with a 2 1/4-inch cutter. Make the masks by placing 2 of the larger cookies on the prepared baking sheet next to each other so they are barely touching. Place one of the wooden sticks in the middle of the cookies. Place one of the smaller cookies on top of the stick to secure the pieces together. Repeat with remaining cookies, placing each mask about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Refrigerate while you cut the remaining cookies. Reroll any scraps of dough and repeat the freezing, cutting and refrigerating process until all the dough is used.
- Bake, rotating the baking sheets front to back and bottom to top about halfway through, until golden brown around the edges, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets set on a wire cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for the royal icing: Combine the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder in a large bowl. Add 4 tablespoons water and the vanilla and whip with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the icing forms thick and glossy peaks, about 2 minutes (adding up to 1 tablespoon more water if needed). The white will be your muzzle, so it needs to be very stiff so that it holds a textured shape.
- Fit 3 pastry bags with a small tips - 2 with small round tips and 1 with a small closed star tip. Remove 1 cup of frosting and place in the piping bag with a small closed star tip.
- Put 1/4 cup of the remaining frosting into a small bowl. Add 12 drops of the dark brown food coloring and whisk until combined. This will be used to outline the cheeks and to draw the mouth, so it needs to be thick but not as stiff as the white. (The food coloring should be enough added liquid but add a drop of water if it is still too thick.)
- Add 7 to 9 drops of the light brown food coloring to the frosting still in the mixer. Add a few drops of water. Beat until combined and loose, adding more water if necessary. This will be the flood color for the cheeks, so it needs to be loose but not watery.
- Pipe a line of the dark brown icing around the outer edge of each cheek (the large cookies). This will be the rim that contains the light brown flood so make sure there are no gaps or holes. Repeat with remaining cookies. Once you have finished the edges of all the cookies, check to make sure the first cookie is dry. If not, wait 5 to 10 more minutes until the edges are dry. Then flood each of the cheeks with the light brown frosting. Allow the cookies to dry for 10 to 15 minutes before continuing to decorate (depending on how fast you are, this might be as long as it takes you to flood all the cookies). Once the cheeks are dry, fill the center circle with piped white swirls. Place a red gummy candy halve in the middle of each circle just above the center. Lastly, pipe a mouth onto your mask - starting at the candy nose, pipe a small line down that curves out into hooks in opposite directions. Repeat with remaining noses. Let the cookies dry completely before serving and wearing.
REINDEER COOKIES
This is one cookie recipe I especially enjoy making. My grandchildren love the graham cracker taste and the cute reindeer shape. I like that they're so quick and easy to assemble!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield 1 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine sugar, vanilla and enough cream to reach a spreading consistency; cover and set aside. Using a serrated knife and a gentle sawing motion, cut graham crackers diagonally in half, forming two triangles. , Frost one triangle. With frosted triangle on bottom, overlap triangles so the shortest side of unfrosted triangle runs along the longest cut edge of frosted triangle; match smallest points of crackers to form the nose. The remaining narrow points of both crackers from the ears (see photo below). , Frost top cracker. Gently press on chocolate chip eyes and a red-hot nose. Using the serrated knife and a gentle sawing motion, cut pretzels in half to form antlers; press onto ears. Place on wire rack until set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 108 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 165mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (12g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
REINDEER COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Beat butter, sugar, peanut butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir flour and baking soda into creamed butter mixture until well incorporated.
- Roll dough into 36 balls. Flatten each ball and shape into an upside-down triangle. Press two pretzels into the two top corners of each triangle for the antlers. Press two chocolate chips into the center of each triangle for the eyes, and one chocolate chip or M&M on the bottom of the triangle for the nose. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 208 calories, Carbohydrate 25.9 g, Cholesterol 23.9 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 381.6 mg, Sugar 7.6 g
EASY REINDEER COOKIES
Raise a herd of Rudolphs in 15 minutes with a mere five ingredients!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place cookies on tray or flat surface. Break pretzel twists in half to form antlers. Place small amount of white decorating icing on bottom edge of each pretzel; attach 2 pieces at top of each cookie to form reindeer antlers.
- Using black decorating gel, make 2 small dots to form eyes on each cookie.
- Cut off top 1/3 of each red candy; attach with small amount of icing to form nose on each cookie.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 100 mg, Sugar 19 g, TransFat 0 g
EASY REINDEER COOKIES
One year my son Eric wanted to buy everyone in his class a present. I suggested we bake them a treat instead. We made these festive cookies using a cookie mix, pretzels, chocolate chips and Red Hots. -Gretchen Vandenberghe, Toledo, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat the cookie mix, oil and egg until well combined. Shape into a 7-1/2-in. roll; securely wrap roll in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. , Preheat oven to 350°. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using thumb and forefinger, squeeze each cookie slice at the equator, making a slight indentation on each side of the cookie. Press in pretzels for antlers. , Bake until light brown, 9-11 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Place melted chocolate chips in a piping bag or resealable bag; cut a small opening at the corner. Adhere eyes and noses to cookies using small amount of melted chocolate. Pipe mouth and eyebrows using melted chocolate; allow chocolate to set before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 129 calories, Fat 7g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 6mg cholesterol, Sodium 134mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.
SANTA'S REINDEER POOP
This does not sound appetizing at all -- lol. These are no-bake cookies that are just the best. Put a dozen or more in cello bags wrapped with ribbon and these also go in the goodie baskets. They freeze wonderfully and can be eaten frozen as they do not freeze solid! Some even think they are better frozen! I double or triple this recipe when I make it. Makes 36 cookies in a single batch.
Provided by Dancer
Categories Dessert
Time 20m
Yield 36 PooPs.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir together well.
- In a large pot, bring the liquid to a boil.
- Then take off the stove and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
- Pour the liquid ingredients INTO the DRY ingredients and mix well until everything is wet.
- Use a teaspoon to spoon the cookies onto waxed paper.
- Let them cool and they will harden somewhat--that's it!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 133.8, Fat 4.6, SaturatedFat 2.7, Cholesterol 7.2, Sodium 27.3, Carbohydrate 21.7, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 12.3, Protein 2.6
NO BAKE REINDEER DROPS
Make and share this No Bake Reindeer Drops recipe from Food.com.
Provided by JelsMom
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 15m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine sugar, milk, butter, & cocoa in a saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until it boils.
- Boil and stir for one minute.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir.
- Quickly spoon cookie size pieces on wax paper and allow to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 174.2, Fat 7.5, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 10.9, Sodium 79.2, Carbohydrate 25.1, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 17.3, Protein 3.3
Tips:
- Use high-quality chocolate chips for the best flavor. Semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips are good choices.
- If you don't have a microwave, you can melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler.
- Be sure to press the cookies firmly into the pan so that they hold their shape.
- If you want to make the cookies ahead of time, you can store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
These no-bake reindeer cookies are a fun and easy holiday treat that everyone will love. They're perfect for Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, or just a sweet snack. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create these adorable cookies that are sure to put a smile on everyone's face.
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