The Story:
Yesterday I had the chance to go to Your Homebased Mom’s kitchen and she asked me to bring a few holiday recipes. I wanted to try something new and I wanted it to involve eggnog.
I found this recipe online and it got rave reviews, so I knew it couldn’t go too wrong. I mean, how embarrassing would that be to go to YHM’s kitchen and bring a disaster recipe?
Well, no fear of disaster with these cookies.
Eggnog Cookies
Cookies:1 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Eggnog Glaze:
1 ½ cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons eggnog
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C)
2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Cream sugar and butter until light
4. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks; beat at medium speed with mixer until smooth.
5. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed until just combined.
6. Do not over mix
7. Spoon onto un-greased cookie sheets or parchment paper and make the dough balls rather small, they will spread generously in the oven.
8. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.
9. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until the edges barely start to brown.
10. While cookies are in the oven, make the eggnog glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar with 3 T eggnog.
11. Gaze your cookies warm or cooled and top with cinnamon.
For an extra twist… check out my Eggnog Malt Cookies!
For an extra twist… check out my Eggnog Malt Cookies!
My favorite cookie of the day – they were so good!! Thanks for coming and baking with us. We loved having you.
I had to hop over here to get this recipe. I'm going to make these today!
These sound so good! I have a son and grandson totally addicted to eggnog. I'm thinkin' they would adore these. Thanks for sharing this one.
I made these this weekend after seeing them on Your Homebased Mom, and they are fantastic! I think they're my new favorite cookie recipe…if only they sold eggnog all year (maybe the do). I included a link on my blog: http://bellyfeathersparty.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-cookie-recipes.html
So excited to try these tonight! Thanks for sharing
Just pulled the first batch out of the oven… So good. I used "adult" eggnog Pennsylvania Dutch an excellent choice if I do say so myself. Happy Holidays, Everybody! Enjoy!! Sherri
mm so good and for us the glaze is TOTALLY optional
Yummy! Be careful not sprinkle too much nutmeg & cinnamon on top;)
Gorg! This will be a hit at the cookie swap!
How many does it make?
So good. I got about 3 dozen cookies out of it. I wonder if they are best kept at room temp or in the fridge? There is eggnog in the glaze.
I have left them out and had them the day before, and they are fine. But any longer than that, I would say to stay safe and put them in a tupperware. I will be doing an updated version of these soon!
Oh my…! Just DE-LI-CIOUS! Those are gonna be a hit at work! I made them teaspoon-size and I got 41 cookies. The glaze is a must, it makes all the flavour come out when eating the cookie. Thanks!
These are fantastic and I even "goofed" when making them. Wanted to halve the recipe, like I do on all first time recipe run throughs. Kept getting interupted though, so ended up using 8T butter vs 6T, both egg yolks and all the vanilla and baking soda- and they still turned out GREAT!!
I am making these today for Saturday…how should I store them?
I would bake the cookies and seal them in a ziplock bag. Then on Saturday, put the glaze on.
Does the glaze harden after it sits for a period of time or does it stay soft?
Honestly, I don't know. I can never keep these around long enough to find out. But if you keep the galze very loose (meaning not too much powdered sugar) then it should keep like a doughnut glaze.
Is the dough supposed to be gooey?? Wondering if I did something wrong!
Is it better to use alcoholic eggnog or N/A?
Probably not. The alcohol will just burn off when you cook them, but you could use it in the glaze. I don't drink alcohol though, so I probably am, not the best source
I was going to send these to my husband in Afghanistan. Do you think I shouldn't because of the glaze??
I don't know… maybe google that question.
Gooey? Yes, it is a little gooey. You can freeze the dough for a few minutes if you need to in order to make dough balls
Made these tonight and I must say they are amazing!! They are so different from other cookies and a new favorite. Can't wait for the people I made them for to try them.
Make sure to check out my new Eggnog Malt Cookies! I will link to it on this post!
made these tonight…yum yum yum!!
made these tonight (as a test for coworkers for the real test of my church group shhh) – for those that are wondering, the glaze (with the directions' measurements) does harden after, but i put the glaze on while the cookies were still warm so i'm not sure what would happen if you put the glaze on cooled down cookies.
do you need to refridgerate them since the glaze has eggnog in it??
So delicious!! I'm so excited to make these. I also featured them on my blog: http://vixenmade.blogspot.com/2011/12/festive-eggnog-recipe-roundup.html
can you freeze these?
If you leave them out for over a day, yes refrigerate! Freeze the cookies alone, and put the eggnog on when ready to serve for the best results, good luck!
White sugar as in granulated or powdered?
Granulated!
You can buy eggnog and freeze it and make these cookies all year.