Snowy Pine Cones

Name: Snowy Pine Cones
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 16 pine cone cookies.
Ingredients: 8 cups fudge brownie fish-shaped grahams (about 24 ounces), divided; 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup Nutella; 1/2 cup Biscoff creamy cookie spread; 3 cups plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, divided; 8 pretzel rods, halved

Pull out each goldfish graham and dip it into the soft center to snack on these pine cones. There's nothing more fun or creative on the cookie table this year! —Betty MacArthur, Portland, Oregon

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Ingredients

8 cups fudge brownie fish-shaped grahams (about 24 ounces), divided
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup Nutella
1/2 cup Biscoff creamy cookie spread
3 cups plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, divided
8 pretzel rods, halved

Directions

Pulse 1 cup grahams in a food processor until fine crumbs form. In a large bowl, beat butter, Nutella, cookie spread and 3 cups confectioners' sugar until smooth; stir in crumbs.
Mold 1/4 cup dough around a pretzel rod in a cone shape to within 1 in. of top; place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Starting at the bottom, insert tail ends of fish grahams, flat side up, into dough to resemble a pine cone, trimming tails of fish as needed near the top. Using kitchen scissors, cut off tip of pretzel; place a small amount of dough on top of pretzel. Repeat with remaining dough and pretzels.
Dust pine cones with remaining confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Test Kitchen tips

This dough can be made ahead and refrigerated; just bring to room temp again before shaping into cones.

To achieve a perfect dusting of snow, we use a sifter and a light touch.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 524 calories, 26g fat (10g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 332mg sodium, 70g carbohydrate (49g sugars, 3g fiber), 4g protein.

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Auntiepatch

Dec 17, 2018

ONE fish cookie is 500 calories?!?!? Is this a typo? It's a really cute idea but..........
sugarcrystal

Aug 25, 2016

This is brilliant!