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Reindeer Cookies for #ChristmasWeek #Giveaway

Tara Noland
Gingerbread men turned upside down to make cute as a button reindeer!!
4.60 from 10 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 4 dozen
Calories 78 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp. grated or ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • White tube icing
  • Red tube icing
  • Green tube icing
  • Black tube icing
  • Red m & m's or smarties
  • Candy eyes

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl of a stand-up mixer with a paddle attachment add all the ingredients and mix well together (I know that is weird but it works just fine, everyone in the pool!!)
  • Transfer dough to plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets and set them aside. On a lightly floured surface and working with half the dough roll out to 1/4" thick. With floured cookie cutters cut out gingerbread men and lay carefully onto the prepared sheets.
  • Reform dough into a ball and continue to roll out and cut out gingerbread men. Carefully bend arms and legs towards the head, making the arms into ears and the legs into antlers.
  • Bake 8 min. until lightly browned. Remove from pan and let cool on racks.
  • With the gingerbread men turned upside down create antlers out of the white icing. Place two white dots for eyes and place black dots on the candy eyes. Create eyebrows if using over the eyes in white. With the black icing make a mouth. The green and a leaf tip create holly leaves. The red create holly berries and a nose. Place the M&M on the red icing for the nose. Let cookies dry overnight.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 73mgSugar: 8g
Nutrition calculation is an estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.
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