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Eggnog Cookies

The great taste of eggnog in cookie form!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time18 mins
Total Time28 mins
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