MOMMY AND ME TREATS
by Jodie Fitz
REINDEER COOKIES
SNOWMAN COOKIES (per cookie) 1 Pre-made sugar cookie 2 tablespoons vanilla butter cream frosting 1 tube of black gel or chocolate decorating frosting 1 orange slice candy 1 string of a pull and peel Twizzler®
(a twist on the ever popular peanut butter balls)
Assembly:
3 ¾ cups confectioner’s sugar
• Frost the cookie with the vanilla butter cream frosting.
1 cup peanut butter or WOWButter®
• Cut the string of Twizzler® in half and wrap around the top half of the cookie to serve as the top of the earmuffs.
¾ cup butter, salted and room temp 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Select two matching colors of mini pastel marshmallows. Press them slightly to flatten and place them firmly in place so that they stick to the frosting on either end of the cut Twizzler®.
Chocolate morsels, milk or dark
• Use the tubed frosting to create two eyes and a mouth.
Mini twist pretzels Red cinnamon candies
• Cut the orange slice candy in half lengthwise. Then cut one half into small triangles to create noses. Add one to the center of each cookie.
Mini candy eyes
Price Chopper/Market 32 Store Finds:
1 tablespoon milk
• Make certain that the butter has been softened at room • Soft butter only, do not melt. • Mix the butter, sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla extract together. Roll the batter into balls; approximately 1-½ inches in diameter. Place the rolled cookies onto a waxed paper lined baking sheet and refrigerate for at least one hour. • Melt the chocolate morsels in a glass bowl in the microwave on high. When you remove the bowl from the microwave they often don’t look fully melted. Simply stir the chocolate until all of the morsels are melted together. If they don’t melt completely, return them to the microwave for 30-second intervals stirring in between.
In the baking aisle you can find: the tubed frosting the mini pastel marshmallows In the bakery you can find: The sugar pre-baked cookies The butter cream frosting (ordered fresh at the bakery) In the candy aisle you can find: Orange slice candies Pull and peel colorful Twizzler® candies
• Dip and roll the cookies into the chocolate with a spoon until they are fully covered and return them to the waxed paper and let them set until the chocolate has fully hardened. Refrigerating will speed the process. • Creating Reindeer: Break the pretzel rounds in half to create antlers. Once you have dipped the peanut butter balls into the chocolate, add the antlers, red cinnamon candy as a nose. And, the small candy eyes before you let them set. Storage: Store the cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator. WOWButter® is a peanut and tree nut free peanut butter option that is also gluten free. It can be found in your Price Chopper/Market 32 Supermarkets in the allergy friendly aisle. 34 | SARATOGA FAMILY | CHRISTMAS 2020
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