Chocolate Spritz Reindeer Cookies

  • Prep 60 min
  • Total 1 hr 15 min
  • Servings 60

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 60 large pretzel twists
  • 60 miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • 120 miniature chocolate chips

Steps

  • 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.

  • 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 Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
130
Calories from Fat
40
Total Fat
4 1/2g
7%
Saturated Fat
2 1/2g
13%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
4%
Sodium
240mg
10%
Potassium
50mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
Dietary Fiber
1g
3%
Sugars
5g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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