Fantastic, soft Spiced Eggnog Cookies topped with Eggnog Glaze. These cookies are perfect to share with family on holidays or leave out for Santa.
Eggnog Cookies
Did you know that National Cookie Day was this week? I hope that you did and made lots of cookies. I sure did. Actually, I made quite a few batches trying to figure out the best cookie to prepare for this exchange. It was a toss up between Peppermint Russian Tea Cakes and these Spiced Eggnog Cookies. After tasting them side by side, these cookies won by far. Russian Tea Cakes (or Snowballs, or Mexican Wedding Cakes, however you wish to call them) are always great and a classic, but in flavor, they just don’t stand up to these soft eggnog cookies. Plus, I’m a sucker for a soft cookie and tea cakes are crunchy.
Don’t worry, I still hope to post Peppermint Russian Tea Cakes. Leave me a comment if you really want to see them too.
Today, you actually get a lot more than just my cookies. We are actually having an awesome Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange with a bunch of talented food bloggers. You know what’s great about a virtual cookie exchange? For one, I get to eat all these delicious eggnog cookie that I made. For two, I get a lot of spectacular recipes for making a lot more cookies. And, of course, you get all these great recipes so you can bake and eat cookies until you burst at the seams!
I also want to mention a great charity that I hope you’ll check out. It’s Santa’s Milk Drive and they are part of the Great American Milk Drive. They urge people to donate more milk to local food banks. Food banks are in need of milk and the best part is that you can donate right on your computer. It’s very simple and a big plus is when you go to the site to donate, you simply type in your zip code and the donation and the milk will be distributed to a food bank in your local area. You know you will be supporting your own community.
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Spiced Eggnog Cookies with Eggnog Glaze
Ingredients
- Cookies:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 1/4 cup eggnog
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg preferable freshly grated
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- Glaze:
- 1/4 cup eggnog
- 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars for a couple of minutes.
- Add egg, eggnog and rum extract, beat until mixed. Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Sift in flour, nutmeg, allspice, ground cloves, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix the ingredients on low speed until just combined. Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl and mix just a few times.
- Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop out cookie dough onto the parchment paper using a standard cookie scoop, placing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- In a small sauce pot, over medium heat, heat up eggnog.
- Add powder sugar, rum extract, nutmeg and allspice. Whisk until all smooth and heated through. Let it cool just a little but not too much or it will start to harden.
- Spoon some glaze over cookies.
- Grate a little more nutmeg on top. (Optional.)
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Sue {munchkin munchies} says
Your eggnog cookies look amazing and sound delicious! I have quite a few eggnog lovers in my family, and I know they’d love these cookies!
CakeSpy says
I want these cookies!! They look awesome.
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
Nothing says Christmas to me like Eggnog!. I think I’m the only one in the family that likes it but they’d take it in a cookie, cake, or muffin. Your photos are beautiful. I’m saving the recipe.
Rose @ RoseBakes.com says
Wow… they look delicious!!
Martha @ A Family Feast says
Oh yum Lyuba!! These look amazing. I’m running to the store NOW to get some eggnog! 😉