Cranberry Eggnog Cookies With Orange Dream Glaze
By
Noelle Myers
@noellemyers
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These cookies are among my most requested for the Christmas Holidays - they are Christmas In a cookie, with the bright cranberries, and decadent Eggnog flavors they have won over the pickiest of cookie connoisseurs. The base of the recipe comes from my Great Great GREAT grandmother - over 200 years old!
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These will be a great addition to your holiday cookie tray. From the soft cookie and the pecans to the orange, cranberry and eggnog flavors, this is one impressive (and flavorful) cookie! 
Ingredients
- 1/2 c
- butter, room temperature
- 1 c
- sugar
- 1 large
- egg
- 1/2 tsp
- pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp
- rum extract
- 1/2 c
- eggnog
- 1 c
- dried cranberries
- 3/4 c
- chopped pecans
- 2 c
- all purpose flour
- 2 tsp
- baking powder
- 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 1/8 tsp
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 1/8 c
- confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp
- orange extract
- 1
- orange
ORANGE DREAM GLAZE
How to Make Cranberry Eggnog Cookies With Orange Dream Glaze
- 1Pre heat oven to 350° F.
- 2Cream together butter and sugar.
- 3Blend in egg, vanilla, rum extract and eggnog.
- 4Stir in cranberries and pecans.
- 5Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir into eggnog mixture just until incorporated.
- 6Scoop rounded teaspoons of dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 350° F. for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove to a rack to cool completely.
- 7Glaze cooled cookies with Orange Dream glaze. (Recipe follows)
- 8Orange Dream Glaze: Mix together confectioners sugar, orange extract, the zest of one orange, and enough cold orange juice to make a thick glaze. Drizzle glaze over cookies.
