These eggnog cookies are a good idea if your eggnog needs to be used up! When buying eggnog for myself, I never end up drinking the whole jug before it expires. With that being said, I needed to come up with something to do with the eggnog before it expired. It was between eggnog cookies or eggnog cheesecake, and I decided to go with cookies. The frosting is optional, but I definitely recommend it for added sweetness. This eggnog dessert recipe makes about 18 cookies. Not too few, not too many.
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Other foods that would look great on the holiday buffet table are:
- Pinwheel Appetizer
- Homemade Andes Mints
- Crustless Pumpkin Pie
- Crustless Apple Pie
- Sugar Cookies
- Chirstmas Tree Bread
Variations of eggnog cookies:
- no frosting-frosting can be rich for some people, so you can omit the frosting and still enjoy the cookie eggnog flavored
- other frostings-if you do not a huge fan of eggnog, you might not want to use eggnog frosting on your eggnog cookies. You can opt for vanilla frosting or a buttercream frosting if you so wish.
Main ingredients for this easy eggnog cookies recipe:
- flour-provides a base
- baking powder-helps them rise
- spices-McCormick
- sugars-provides sweeness
- eggnog-any kind should work as long as it is not a special flavor like pumpkin spice
How to bake excellent Christmas cookies:
- stir together dry ingredients
- beat together wet ingredients, I like to use a mixer. If you really don't want to use a mixer, then you can use a whisk. Then, stir in dry ingredients.
- scoop dough onto a sprayed baking sheet using a cookie scoop.
- bake for 13 minutes, or until edges start to brown. I am always over baking my cookies because I can never tell when they are done. I recommend taking them out when the bottom edges are a little brown. When taking them out, I allow them to cook on the baking sheet for 1 minute out of the oven before removing them from the pan.
How to store holiday cookies:
- room temperature-I like to store these cookies room temperature in an airtight container for about a week.
Recipe
Eggnog Cookies
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Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup flour add more if dough is too runny
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder
- spices at the amount of your own desire: nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla
- ¾ cup sugar
- 6 tablespoon softened vegetable spread
- ¼ cup eggnog
- 1 egg
Frosting Ingredients:
- ¾ cup powdered sugar add more if wanting it more thick
- 2 tablespoon eggnog add more to make more runny if needed
- a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg
Instructions
Cookie Instructions:
- In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- In a larger mixing bowl, beat together the vegetable spread and sugar. Blend in the eggnog and the egg until smooth. Gradually, pour the flour mixture into bowl. Mix to combine.
- Use a cookie scoop to spoon the dough onto a sprayed baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 13 mins, or until bottoms start to look a little brown. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.
- While cookies are cooling, make the frosting. If not using frosting, enjoy!
Frosting Instructions:
- In a small bowl using a mixer, beat together the powdered sugar, eggnog, and spices. Add more eggnog if you want a more liquidity glaze.
- After cookies are fairly cool, drizzle on the frosting with a spoon. Enjoy your Eggnog Cookies!
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What a sweet treat! Yum!!
adding this to my christmas baking! love that eggnog frosting
What a great idea! I would never have thought to ever do this and I LOVE eggnog. Now I don't even have to wait until Christmas to make these.
Wow! these eggnog cookies with eggnog frosting look awesome.:) I would definitely try this easy eggnog cookie recipe. Thanks!
Every year I try to come up with a new cookie recipe to go with my tried and true. This one is definitely going on the 2021 Christmas list! It sounds obscenely good!
I love eggnog and eggnog cookies sound amazing!