My friend, Randi mentioned on FB that she was going to be making Eggnog Cookies to send to her son in Germany. And I just keep thinking about how good they must be. So I found me a recipe and I'm gonna try them out......and guess what?? Randi came today ( Dec. 6) for lunch and brought me some of her cookies and the recipe and it is pretty much the same recipe I found online....
EGGNOG COOKIES
2 1/2 c. flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg (Randi's calls for 1 T. fresh nutmeg but she didn't have any -used 1 1/4 t. ground nutmeg)
1 1/4 c. white sugar
3/4 c. salted butter, softened
1/2 c. eggnog
1 t. pure vanilla extract
2 large egg yolks
Randi's added 1-2 tsp rum extract (but the recipe says is optional)
Glaze
2 c. powdered sugar
4 T. eggnog
nutmeg
Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg; mix well with wire whisk and set aside. Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until forms a grainy paste. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined -- do not over mix!
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets -- 1 " apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown -- transfer immediately to a flat surface to cool.
Combine powdered sugar and eggnog. Drizzle over cookies. Before glaze dries sprinkle nutmeg or cinnamon over each cookie.
Makes about 30 cookies.
HINTS:
If you like nutmeg, cinnamon, and egg nog, you'll love these. If you don't like them crunchy, substitute brown sugar for all or half of the white sugar; they'll stay soft.
I dusted the top w/ a mixture of nutmeg,cinnamon and powdered sugar instead of glaze.
Randi also sent me this recipe that she made to use up her carton of eggnog.
Eggnog Bread
2 1/4 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. nutmeg
2 large eggs
1 c. sugar
1 c. eggnog
1/2 c. melted butter
1 t. vanilla (or eggnog extract if you have)
1/2 t. rum extract (optional)
Icing
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/4 t. vanilla extract
2-3 t. eggnog
dash nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom & 1/2 inch up sides of 9x5x3 loaf pan
Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt & nutmeg. Make a well in center & set aside
combine eggs, sugar, eggnog, melted butter, vanilla & rum extract (if using). Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir until just moistened (batter will be lumpy)
Spoon batter into pan. Bake 40-50 minutes (mine took closer to 65). Check for doneness by inserting toothpick into center & should come out clean. Cool pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan & let cook completely on rack
Prepare icing. Stir just enough eggnog in to reach drizzle consistency. Drizzle cooled loaf with icing. Sprinkle just a bit of nutmeg over top. Let icing set completely before wrapping
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