Description
Make my certifiably-munchy Disney Reindeer Food recipe filled with seasonal gingerbread pieces, perfectly spiced granola, white chocolate pretzels, and more!
Ingredients
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Granola:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 5 cups gluten-free oats
- 2 cups crushed pecans
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Gingerbread cookies:
- 3 cups gluten-free 1:1 flour
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temp)
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 1 egg (room temp)
- 2 tbsp whole milk
Chocolate cookie coating:
- Dark chocolate melting wafers
- Christmas sprinkles
White chocolate pretzels:
- 2 cups white chocolate-coated pretzels (gluten-free!)
- 1 cup red melting chocolate
- 1 cup green melting chocolate
Extras:
- M&Ms (red and white)
Instructions
Make granola:
- Preheat the oven 325°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl add the honey, oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and cinnamon.
- Whisk to combine.
- Add the oats, cranberries, and pecans.
- Mix to combine.
- Pour the oat mixture on the prepared baking pan.
- Evenly spread the mixture on the baking pan.
- Bake for 16 minutes.
- Set to the side.
- Allow to cool to room temp.
- Break the granola up into large chunks.
Bake gingerbread cookies:
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and salt.
- Whisk to combine.
- Add the butter to the flour mixture, and use a pastry blender to blend the mixture until combined.
- Place the bowl back on the mixer.
- Gradually add the molasses, egg, and milk, and mix on medium speed until combined.
- Scrape the sides and mix again until dough ball forms.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer and form the dough into a ball.
- Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Place the dough ball on a lightly floured counter.
- Roll out the dough to ½ inch thick.
- Using a 3.5″ x 2.5 rectangle cookie cutter, cut your cookies and place them on a silicone or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Place the baked cookies on a cookie rack to cool to room temperature.
Decorate cookies:
- In a medium-sized microwaveable bowl, add your dark chocolate melting wafers.
- Cook in the microwave in 30 seconds intervals until melted.
- Once the chocolate is melted, dip one side of the cookie into the chocolate and place it back on the cooling rack.
- Sprinkle each cookie with Christmas sprinkles immediately after coating it in chocolate.
- Set to the side to harden.
Make chocolate-covered pretzels:
- Place the pretzels on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, add the red chocolate wafers.
- Microwave the chocolate in 30 seconds intervals until melted.
- Using a spoon, drizzle the red chocolate over the pretzels.
- Repeat the same process with the green chocolate as the red chocolate.
- Set the pretzels to the side to dry.
Make DIY reindeer food:
- In a large add the granola, pretzels, and M&M’s.
- Toss to combine.
- Add the cookies when serving.
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 32 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
