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Alex and I met in college, so our tastes weren’t the most sophisticated when we first met. Read: lots of Austin Powers, Zoolander, and dorm McDonalds. One movie, though, fit our college sensibilities and remains a classic to this day: Elf. The classic Christmas flick starring Will Farrell as Buddy the Elf came out in 2003 during our college careers. What’s made it evergreen today, I don’t know. Maybe it’s just that Alex and I have become nostalgic and think that it’s still funny. Whatever the case, I’ve heard people of all ages reciting the lines: “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” “A Christmasgram? I want one!”
In honor of Elf, we’ve created super nostalgic, throw-back-to-2003 Christmas cookies. Yes, narwhal cookies. What’s a narwhal, you ask? My sister gifted our son Larson a stuffed narwhal over Thanksgiving, and my parents asked the same question. And we realized then that most of what we know about narwhals we know from Elf (though it appears Elf did not make it into the Literature mentions of narwhals on Wikipedia). A narwhal is an arctic whale with a large tusk, which can grow up to 10 feet long. It appears in this classic narwhal scene from Elf where the narwhal bids Buddy goodbye as he travels from the North Pole to New York City to find his dad.
Here, we’ve recreated the classic narwhal scene using nothing but cookies and sugar. And what’s more festive than that? We’ve used our soft gingerbread cookie dough as the base. They’re our favorite gingerbread cookies that incorporate a “healthy-ish” take using almond butter, applesauce, whole wheat flour, and lots of spices. To decorate, we’ve dusted the narwhal cookies in powdered sugar, then covered the tusks with edible glitter. Since Christmas and the holidays is all about nostalgia, these narwhal cookies are our top pick for this year.
Let us know if you’re dying to get a cookie cutter to make your own narwhal cookies; we’ll share our source.
How about you: what cookies and movies are most nostalgic to you this time of year?
Looking for more cookie recipes?
These narwhal cookies are the most fun Christmas cookie we’ve made. However, here are a few more of our favorite Christmas cookies with a gingerbread vibe:
- “The Best” Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
- Almond & Maple Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
- Gingersnap Peppermint Ice Cream Sandwiches
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If you make these narwhal cookies, we’d love to hear how they turned out. Leave a comment below or share a picture on Instagram and mention @acouplecooks.
This recipe is…
Vegetarian and healthy-ish
- 1 egg
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup almond butter
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons applesauce
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons allspice
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- Edible glitter, for decorating
- Powdered sugar, for decorating
- In a medium bowl, whisk to thoroughly combine the egg, brown sugar, molasses, almond butter, melted butter, and applesauce.
- To the wet ingredients, stir in the ground ginger, cinnamon, allspice, kosher salt, baking soda, all-purpose flour, and whole wheat flour until well combined. Form the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Dust a flat surface with flour, then flour the rolling pin and roll out the dough to ¼-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out narwhals, about 20 total. Place the narwhals on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. If using edible glitter, add gently press the glitter onto the narwhal tusks.
- Bake the cookies about 8 minutes, until puffed and slightly firmed. Let rest on the pan for 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar using a sifter or sieve, covering the tusks with parchment paper. Store covered at room temperature for several days or freeze for several months.
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