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Chocolate Spritz Reindeer

Salty pretzel "antlers" complement sweet chocolate reindeer "faces" for cookies that kids of all ages will enjoy!
Prep Time: 1 hour 0 min
Total Time: 1 hour 15 min
Makes: 5 dozen cookies
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1cup butter, softened
1/2cup powdered sugar
1/2cup packed brown sugar
1/4cup unsweetened baking cocoa
3tablespoons milk
1teaspoon vanilla
1egg yolk
2cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
60large pretzel twists
60miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
120miniature chocolate chips
1.Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in sugars and cocoa until well blended. Beat in milk, vanilla and egg yolk. On low speed, slowly beat in flour until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally.
2.Fit heart template in cookie press; fill cookie press with dough. Place pretzels onto lightly floured surface. Force dough through template on top of flat, bottom end of each pretzel twist (two rounds at top of pretzel will form the antlers). Press 2 baking bit at upper part of heart to make eyes, and 1 chocolate chip to make nose on each reindeer. Place reindeer on ungreased cookie sheet.
3.Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are firm, but not browned. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
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If you don't have a cookie press, shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Press 1 ball over bottom of 1 pretzel, pinching bottom in to form nose.
These cookies get their name from the word "spritzen," which is German for "to squirt or spray."

Nutrition Information:

1 Cookie: Calories 130 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4 1/2g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 240mg; Total Carbohydrate 21g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 5g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 6Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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