Name: Eggnog Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups white flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 1/4 cups white sugar; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup eggnog; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 egg yolks; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons eggnog

Oh sure, this recipe is all over the place. So, being the outrageously inventive person that I am, I decided to give it a try. (snicker, snicker—outrageously inventive—hahahahahaha)

After I got married and started doing my own Christmas baking, I made a deal with myself to try at least one new cookie recipe each Christmas. I am generally fiercely loyal to the family favorites that my grandmother used to make, but through the years I have allowed that maybe there were other good recipes out in the world, too. My reasoning is that my Granny liked to try new recipes, so I am honoring her both by using her recipes and also by trying recipes that are new to me.

These cookies passed the “whole family” test of approval. I personally found that I could down four of them without even thinking about what I was doing.

Fresh out of the oven, with just a bit of time to cool, the cookies are crispy around the edges and chewy-soft in the center. After they sit in a covered container, the entire cookie becomes soft. Either way, they taste great.

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Eggnog Cookies

The great taste of eggnog in cookie form!

Prep Time10

Cook Time18

Total Time28

Servings:

Author: Terri @ that's some good cookin'

Ingredients

For the cookies

2 1/4 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks

For the Eggnog Glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons eggnog

Instructions

For the Cookies

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, with a hand mixer cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks. Beat at medium speed until smooth.
Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed just until the ingredients are combined. This can also be done by hand with a large mixing spoon. Do NOT over mix.
Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheets or parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Make the dough balls small; I used a small cookie scoop to form each ball. The dough spreads when quite a bit when cooked, so only put 12 cookies per cookie sheet.
Sprinkle a little nutmeg on each dough ball. Bake 15-18 minutes or until the edges barely start to brown. Do not over-cook.

For the Eggnog Glaze

Meanwhile, prepare the eggnog glaze. Mix the powdered sugar and eggnog together in a small bowl.
Drizzle warm or cool cookies with glaze. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. I put the cookies on a wire cooling rack with the rack placed over parchment paper to catch the drips from the glaze.

Notes

Recipe Source: original found at Food.com; slightly adapted version at Your Cup of Cake

Add the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon to a medium-size bowl.

Now give it all a quick whisk together and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Now add the eggnog, vanilla extract, and the two eggs yolks. And…you guessed it, beat it all together until smooth.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.

Mix on a low-ish speed just until the ingredients are combined. They can also be stirred together by hand with your favorite stirring spoon.

Place small spoonsful of dough on a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet. I used a small cookie scoop for uniform size cookies.

Now sprinkle the cookie dough lightly with nutmeg. I grated fresh nutmeg with a microplane. Bake the cookies in a 350-degree F oven for 15-18 minutes, just until the edges barely start to brown.