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Tis The Season!

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From The Ugly Sweater Party We Attended Last Weekend

I realized today that four of the last five holiday seasons I have been training for a half marathon or marathon. While many use the  holiday season as a time to finally relax and skip a few workouts, I find myself at peak training, running 11 miles in the cold (ahem high 40s IS cold) before work and 20 miles the morning before a friend’s Christmas party (afternoon nap required). Although it is difficult at times to arrange my workout schedule around my holiday social activities (and the weather – my mid week long run was rained out this weekend and there is no room for rearranging due to predicted hangovers both tomorrow and Sunday from holiday party shenanigans), I do find training at this time of year enjoyable for one large reason: cookies.

If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you’ve gathered that I have quite a sweet tooth. Or maybe if you just started you already figured that out. Although I don’t let myself indulge in high-calorie dessert treats every single day, I do splurge a few times a week and on a daily  basis I eat some sort of “healthy” version of dessert to curb my incessant sugar cravings. Since attempting a mostly plant based diet, this has meant I’ve subbed out frozen yogurt for almond or coconut milk ice cream and my Toblerone bar (which I break a piece or two off for dessert a few times a week) with organic dark chocolate. I’ve also been keeping a bag of Trader Joe’s vegan chocolate chip cookies in my desk drawer – at least I only eat one at a time!

Well, come December, those vegan desserts are left untouched and Christmas cookies and milk chocolates are in full rotation. It also doesn’t help that my birthday is this month and there is always cake. However, instead of worrying about each bite of delicious cookie I put in my mouth, I remind myself of the 7 miles of intervals I did the night before or the 20 mile long run I’m doing on Saturday.

In honor of my dessert addiction, I wanted to share my new favorite Christmas Cookie recipe with you! It’s a good tasting cookie and it is SO cute! And of course I found it on Pinterest.

Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies 

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From Baker Girl:

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • Chocolate-covered mini pretzels
  • Mini brown M&Ms
  • Regular-sized red M&Ms
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat until just blended.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
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This is what they looked like before baked – the smaller pinched ones on the left looked better
Form dough into 1-inch balls. To make reindeer-shaped cookies, pinch the bottom of the ball slightly to form a point, then gently flatten with your hand. Space cookies about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until set or just beginning to brown.
Remove from oven and immediately (and gently) press two mini pretzels into the tops of the cookies for the reindeer’s antlers. Press two mini brown M&Ms in for the eyes and one red M&M for the nose (or any other color… some of mine ended up with green noses. They might be South Pole reindeer.).
Allow to cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack or paper towel to cool completely.
Makes about 40 reindeer cookies.
Note: The hardest part of this recipe is getting the mini M&Ms in brown. I could only find mini M&Ms this time of year in Christmas colors, hence the green eyes instead of brown! Also, I went to four stores and couldn’t find mini chocolate covered pretzels so I had to use full sized ones but they are still cute!

Do you enjoy the holiday treats as much as I do? Any good recipes to share?

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December 14, 2012 By fitnessfatale 1 Comment

Filed Under: Recipes, Running, Uncategorized Tagged With: holiday cookie recipes, peanut butter reindeer cookie recipe, running during holidays

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  1. Victoria

    December 14, 2012 at 1:39 am

    So adorable. I die.

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