{"id":17666,"date":"2019-12-02T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/?p=17666"},"modified":"2019-12-02T08:14:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:14:43","slug":"rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/2019\/12\/02\/rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudolph Cookies &#8211; Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you host a Christmas cookie exchange or cookie recipe swap every year?&nbsp; Six of my blogger friends have gotten together to do a recipe swap on our blogs and share them all with you so you\u2019ll have some new recipes to swap or bake this Christmas!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"6 delicious cookies recipes for Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe Swap\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-delicious-cookies-recipes-for-Holiday-Cookie-Exchange-Recipe-Swap.jpg\" alt=\"6 delicious cookies recipes for Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe Swap\" width=\"650\" height=\"929\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some of them are favorite family recipes, others are festive treats, and my little girl is gonna be sharing a kid-friendly recipe with you!&nbsp;&nbsp; She almost did the cookies completely by herself at age 3.5 (all except for putting in the oven, taking out of the oven, buying the food, and breaking the pretzels) so maybe I should just count this as her first guest post on my blog. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile.png\" alt=\"Smile\"\/>&nbsp; She made kid-friendly, gluten-free (except for the pretzels) Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies and they are just as yummy as they are cute! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\"\/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Rudolph cookies-1\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rudolph-cookies-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rudolph cookies-1\" width=\"650\" height=\"732\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We both donned our Christmas aprons and had such a fun time in the kitchen together \u2013 precious memories!&nbsp; She is truly becoming my little assistant in all that I do and I couldn\u2019t be more thankful for her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-5\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-5.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-5\" width=\"650\" height=\"865\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This recipe starts with a basic 4 ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe which I am sure you have seen before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 ingredient Peanut Butter cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We doubled the recipe and used my mixer to mix them up but you could probably just use a bowl and spatula to make it super kid-friendly.&nbsp; She has helped mommy with the mixer many times so insisted that we mix them that way.&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile.png\" alt=\"Smile\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-4\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-4.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-4\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Roll the cookies in additional sugar and place them on a non-stick pan or on parchment paper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-8\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-8.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-8\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since these cookies don\u2019t have flour or a lot of ingredients in them they won\u2019t change shape much at all after baking, so you\u2019ll want to smoosh them down a bit so they\u2019ll be flat when they are done baking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-9\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-9.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-9\" width=\"650\" height=\"700\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While they are baking prep the decorations.&nbsp; You\u2019ll need mini pretzels, red m&amp;m\u2019s, and chocolate chips.&nbsp; Break the pretzels into pieces- we found it easier to use the outer round pieces of the pretzels for the antlers.&nbsp; You could also use pretzel sticks too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-10\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-10.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-10\" width=\"650\" height=\"766\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Put the eyes, antlers, and nose in the cookies while they are still very warm so they will stick well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-11\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-11.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-11\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These were so fun and easy to do \u2013 the perfect recipe to do with kids!&nbsp; If you aren\u2019t a peanut butter fan do the same decorations on a sugar cookie or even use a mix or prepared dough.&nbsp; The fun part is definitely decorating them to look like Rudolph. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile.png\" alt=\"Smile\"\/>&nbsp; I bet Santa would even enjoy these cookies on Christmas Eve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-12\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-12.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-12\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-14\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-14.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-14\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She was so proud of her cookies and her momma was so proud of her.&nbsp;&nbsp; We put together a plate of cookies and shared them with our neighbors so she got to put a piece of straw in the manger on our Giving Manger tradition too.&nbsp; I just love this time of year \u2013 special memories, baking, spending time as a family, sharing with others, and celebrating the true meaning for the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-13\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-13.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-13\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll include the entire recipe below.&nbsp; I hope you\u2019ll try these cookies this Christmas and have some fun with your kids in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-1\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-1\" width=\"650\" height=\"901\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy, Kid-Friendly Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all ingredients together by hand or with an electric mixer.&nbsp; Form into balls and roll in additional sugar.&nbsp; Flatten with fork criss-cross design or just with fingers on baking sheet.&nbsp; Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-11 minutes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To make the Rudolph decorations you will need:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mini pretzel twists<\/li>\n<li>chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>red m&amp;m&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lightly push decorations into cookies while still warm so they will stick.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-16\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Peanut-Butter-Rudolph-Cookies-easy-for-kids-to-make-16.jpg\" alt=\"Peanut Butter Rudolph Cookies easy for kids to make-16\" width=\"650\" height=\"668\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now go check out the other cookie recipes in our cookie exchange recipe swap!&nbsp; I can&#8217;t wait to try some of these!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993300;\"><strong>Holiday Cookie Exchange Recipe Swap<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jenron-designs.com\/?attachment_id=14750#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14750\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14750\" src=\"https:\/\/jenron-designs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Untitled-design.png\" alt=\"2019 Cookie Swap recipe exchange\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\"\/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/2019\/12\/02\/rudolph-cookies-holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Reindeer Cookies &#8211;<\/span> The Frugal Homemaker&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/southernbellahome.com\/holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe-swap-chocolate-heaven-mocha-slice-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Mocha Slice Cookies-<\/span> Southern Bella Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/athomeinthewildwood.com\/holiday-cookie-exchange-recipe-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">M&amp;M Cookies &#8211;<\/span> At Home In The Wildwood<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/jenron-designs.com\/peppermint-twist-cookie-exchange-recipe-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Peppermint Twist Cookies-<\/span> Jenron Designs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forgottenwayfarms.com\/?p=2352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Iced Sugar Cookies-<\/span> ForgottenWay Farms<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontporchfarmhouse.com\/?p=901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookie-<\/span> The Front Porch Farmhouse<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you host a Christmas cookie exchange or cookie recipe swap every year?&nbsp; 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