Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookies

These adorable Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookies are a perfect cookie to make with the kids!  They will love being creative and assembling Rudolph! #ChristmasCookies

Cookie Week continues, if you didn't take a look at Monday's The Best Italian Rainbow Cookies, click-through to the recipe!  I have to thank Ellen, from Family Around the Table  for doing an amazing job at organizing this fabulous event!  Between the giveaway and over 70 food bloggers delicious Holiday cookie recipes, Ellen has it all organized beautifully! I am so excited to share this easy Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookie!  An absolute win with the kids! They deserve fun Holiday treats!

Tips to Make Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookies:

• Super important to refrigerate the dough before slicing for at least 3 hours to overnight.
• The dough freezes well at the refrigeration time. Defrost when ready to decorate and bake.
• I have used this same dough to make Cut-out Holiday cookies decorate too.
• Feel free to change-up Rudolph candy decorations, gumdrops, skittles...what your family likes.

These Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookies are a perfect Holiday party activity.  After refrigerating the dough, slice it, use wax paper to separate slices. Place dough back in the fridge till ready to decorate.

Decorating Cookies with Children:

• Place cookie cutters at an easy reach on the table.
• Have plain icing ready, the children pick the colors for decorating. (for cookies that require icing)
• Keep decorations organized in bowls for easy choosing.
• Lots of paper towels for clean-up.
• Savor every memory.

As it is Christmas Cookie week, the amazing recipes continue. Below are today's recipes from my fabulous friends. Please click on their recipes and don't forget to pin them to make for baking day!

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Holiday Chocolate Rudolph Cookies

5 from 1 vote

Easy holiday cookies to decorate with the kids. Perfect activity to make at children's parties or to decorate with your children.  Easy to assemble!

Print Recipe

Prep Time 19 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 29 minutes mins

Servings: 18 cookies

Course: Baking, Cookie, Holiday, Snack

Cuisine: Baking

Calories: 131

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

 

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To make the cookie

• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butted, softened
• ▢ ¾ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon milk or dairy-free option of choice I prefer skim milk
• ▢ 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon baking powder

To assemble the cookie

• ▢ 36 Candy Coated Chocolates, like M & M's, pairs of orange, blue, yellow and green Rudolph's Eyes
• ▢ 36 mini pretzels Rudolph's Ears
• ▢ 18 Mini Red Twizzlers Rudolph's Nose

Instructions

 

To make the cookies

1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk until well mixed and fluffy. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl add flour. cocoa powder, salt, and powder. Mix to combine.  Mix the dry ingredients gradually into the butter mixture and blend well. 
3. Divide dough into three equal parts.  Have a lightly floured surface ready. Use your hands to shape the dough into 3 cylinders about 2 ½ in diameter. Roll on floured surface to make the form the round shape.  Wrap the three rolls in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours. Can keep overnight in the fridge.
4. After three hours, remove from fridge and remove plastic wrap. Cut each cylinder into 6 equal parts. About ⅛ inch thick. Place on either a silpat or ungreased cookie sheet. These are ready for there decorations
5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Have the silpat or ungreased cookie sheets ready.

Assemble the cookies

1. I prefer to assemble the cookies on the silpat or cookie sheet.  Place the eyes, red nose and antlers on the unbaked cookie. I generally place the antlers sitting up in the dough. It flattens as it bakes.  If each person is decorating their cookies, not on the cookie sheet.  Have some flour available to dust the work surface to prevent sticking. Use a spatula to carefully lift the cookie to baking sheet.
2. Once cookies are decorated bake for about 10 minutes. Let cool for about 10 minutes.  Place on cooling rack to cool completely.
3. If the kids have not eaten them all, The cookies will keep in a plastic tub or bag for about 4-5 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 95mgPotassium: 52mgFiber: 0gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 170IUCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.8mg

Notes

• Any nutritional value used is an estimate. These figures can change based on ingredients and portion size.

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I hope you try some other of my favorite Holiday cookies:

 The Best Pecan Crescent Cookies

Classic Holiday Spritz Cookies

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