Soft Frosted Eggnog Cookies Recipe

Soft Frosted Eggnog Cookies Recipe

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(makes about 22 cookies)

Ingredients 

• Ingredients for Cookies:
• 2 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (equivalent to 9.6 ounces)
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (equivalent to 1 stick)
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup eggnog
• Ingredients for Frosting (and topping):
• 1/3 cup butter, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• heaping 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, or to taste (I like the nutmeg flavor so I used more of it.)
• 2 to 3 tablespoons eggnog
• sprinkles

Directions 

• Directions for Cookies:
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicon mats and set them aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.  Set these dry ingredients aside.
• In another large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and light brown sugar.
• Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat together.
• Add the vanilla extract and eggnog and beat together.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients and mix together until they’re just combined.  The cookie dough will be sticky.  If you touch it with your finger gently a very tiny bit of dough will stick to your finger.
• Drop about 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of cookie dough per cookie onto the prepared cookie sheet, 6 cookies per cookie sheet. I used Oxo Good Grips Medium Cookie Scoop to help consistently scoop out the same amount of dough per cookie.  Flatten each cookie dough ball slightly.  I used the bottom of the dry measuring cup.  Flattening will help give the tops a smooth look and it will also make the cookies wider because they do not spread much when they bake.
• Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes.  I cooked mine for 12 minutes.
• Let them cool on the pan a little and then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• Directions for Frosting:
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter.
• Add in the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and beat everything together.
• Add in 2 tablespoons of eggnog and beat together.  If you need more liquid then add the last tablespoon of eggnog and beat together.  Your goal is to get the consistency of frosting.
• Make sure that the cookies are cooled completely otherwise your frosting will melt off.
• Spread the frosting on each cookie and sprinkle sprinkles on top.

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