{"id":1226,"date":"2018-02-23T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2018-02-23T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:04:11","slug":"ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"Ginger-Molasses Reindeer Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1206\" src=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ginger-molasses-reindeer-cookies.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-3\/4 cups (425 mL) flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp (5 mL) ground ginger<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp (2 mL) salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp (1 mL) cloves<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (125 mL) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup (175 mL) granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup (60 mL) fancy molasses<\/li>\n<li>70 mini pretzel twists<\/li>\n<li>1 package (200 g) prepared red cookie icing<\/li>\n<li>70 candy eyeballs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat oven to 325F (160C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and cloves.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl using a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; about 2 minutes. Add egg and molasses, mixing until fully combined. In 2 equal parts, add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.<\/li>\n<li>Roll dough into 1 tbsp. (15 mL) balls and place on prepared baking sheets 1 1\/2 inches apart, pressing down lightly with palm. Place two pretzels next to one another 1\/4 inch (0.5 cm) inside the edge of each cookie to resemble antlers; press pretzels lightly to adhere to cookie dough.<\/li>\n<li>Bake in batches until just set; about 12 minutes. Let cool 4 minutes on sheets before cooling completely on racks. Once cooled, use cookie icing to adhere candy eyeballs to cookies and draw noses. Allow to set completely.<br \/>\nFind more great recipes online at walmart.ca\/recipes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>www.newscanada.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS 1-3\/4 cups (425 mL) flour 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda 1 tsp (5 mL) ground ginger 1\/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon 1\/2 tsp [&hellip;] <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=1226\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ginger-Molasses Reindeer Cookies - Active Senior&#039;s Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=1226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ginger-Molasses Reindeer Cookies - 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