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mom's frosted eggnog cookies

32 Pinches
smonfils avatar
worcester, MA
Updated on Dec 21, 2014

My mom would make these for Christmas and they would go so fast, I was lucky to get just one, lol. Enjoy!

prep time 20 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake
yield About 28 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 1/2 stick softened butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup eggnog
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 4 tablespoons eggnog
  • 2 teaspoons rum extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • pinch nutmeg for sprinkling

How To Make mom's frosted eggnog cookies

  • Step 1
    Heat oven to 350. Place parchment paper on cookie sheets. In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
  • Step 2
    In lg bowl, beat 1 and 1/2 sticks butter, sugar and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in egg yolks, 1/2 cup eggnog, 1 tsp rum extract and vanilla. Slowly beat in flour mix until combined. Place heaping tsp of dough onto baking sheets. Bake 11-13 mins, or until light golden on bottom. Let cool on racks.
  • Step 3
    In another lg bowl, Beat 1 stick butter, 4 tbsp eggnog and remaining rum extract until creamy. Slowly beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Frost cookies and sprinkle each cookie w/ a small pinch of nutmeg.
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