It’s that time of the year again…time for baking! I love to bring a selection of treats to gatherings, such as eggnog cake, Christmas tree brownies and these amazingly delicious eggnog cookies.
Eggnog Cookies Ingredients
To make this eggnog cookies recipe you will need butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, eggnog, vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, flour and sprinkles. For the eggnog frosting make sure you have butter, eggnog, salt and powdered sugar. They’re perfectly soft with the most creamy and decadent frosting. The festive sprinkles really make these cookies a show stopper! You’ll be getting a ton of recipe requests when you bring them to your next party. They are one of my favorite Christmas recipes along with peppermint bark cookies, rocky road fudge, chocolate truffles and crock pot candy.
How Do You Make Eggnog Cookies?
To make these eggnog cookies, start by beating butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together in a stand mixer or with an electric mixer. Add to the butter mixture eggs, eggnog, and vanilla extract and mix them together. Add dry ingredients, the flour, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg and mix them in. Spoon the dough onto a baking sheet or cookie sheet, then bake them until the cookies are golden brown. While the cookies bake, make the frosting by beating butter until fluffy then adding eggnog. Finally add powdered sugar and salt to the frosting. Spread the frosting across the cookies after they cool on a wire rack and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Eggnog Cookies
Coat a tablespoon measure with cooking spray so that the dough doesn’t stick when you portion it out onto the sheet pan. You can also use a cookie scoop. You can make your cookies as big or as small as you like, just adjust the bake time accordingly. A tablespoon sized dollop of dough will produce a cookie that’s about 2 inches in size. The cookies can be made up to one day in advance, then stored loosely covered until you’re ready to serve them. If you use a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment to make this recipe. You can use any holiday sprinkles you like – I love these sparkling gold sprinkles, but have also used red and green sprinkles in the past. One of the key ingredients in this cookie is nutmeg. Be sure that your ground nutmeg is fresh. For the very best flavor, I like to grate whole nutmegs to use in the recipe.
Flavor Variations
While I love these cookies exactly as written, you can alter the recipe to suit your tastes.
Chocolate: Try dipping the cookies halfway in melted milk or white chocolate instead of the buttercream frosting. Spice: For cookies with a more complex flavor profile, you can add 1/4 teaspoon each of ground ginger, ground cinnamon and ground cloves to the batter. Glaze: For a different look you can drizzle a simple eggnog glaze over the cookies by mixing together 1 cup of powdered sugar with 1-2 tablespoons of eggnog. Rum: Feel free to add a little rum extract for a boozy flavor.
I’m so happy that my reader sent in this recipe because these cookies have now become part of my annual baking traditions. You don’t even have to be an eggnog lover to enjoy these cookies!
