One of the many reasons I love this time of year is because of the eggnog. I remember when we were little, eggnog was a special treat. We didn’t have it too much, but when we did I sure did savor every drink.
This is the perfect dessert to bring to family parties or work parties this holiday season. They taste like Christmas in a cookie.
These cookies are soft, delicious, and iced with an amazing egg nog glaze.
Even non eggnog lovers, beg for these cookies. My 5 year old little girl does not like eggnog but she sure ate all the cookies that I would let her.
How to make Soft Eggnog Cookies
Step 1: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. I know it sounds crazy, but yes.. 300 degrees F.
Step 2: In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter with an electric mixer. You could use a hand mixer or a kitchen aid to do this. If you don’t have either of those, you could also use a whisk.
Step 3: Add the eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks to the mixture. Beat at a medium speed until smooth. Again, you could also do this with a whisk, but try to keep the mixing constant.
Step 4: In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well with a wire whisk or fork, and add to your eggnog/sugar/butter mixture.
Step 5: Stick in the refrigerator until dough is cool.
Step 6: Once the dough is cool, drop rounded teaspoons of the dough, onto a greased baking sheet. Place them 1 to 2 inches away from each other.
Step 7: Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Be sure to keep an eye on them.
Step 8: Once they are done cooking, transfer the cookies to a cool, flat surface, immediately with a spatula. If you leave them on the pan they will burn.
How to make the Icing:
Step 9: In small mixer bowl, beat the powdered sugar and butter until well blended.
Step 10: Gradually beat in eggnog a little at a time, until icing is smooth and the desired consistency.
You may need less or more egg nog depending on the consistency you like.
Step 11: Once cookies have completely cooled, frost them and let the icing harden. If the cookies are warm, the icing won’t stay on the cookie, and it will drip off.
Step 12: Enjoy! If you are making them ahead of time you will want to store them in an airtight container.
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Soft Eggnog Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup light eggnog
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 egg yolk
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Eggnog Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup light eggnog
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. (Yes 300)
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer.
- Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well with a wire whisk and add to your eggnog/sugar/butter mixture.
- Stick in the refrigerator until dough is cool.
- Drop rounded teaspoons onto a greased baking sheets, 1 to 2 inches away from each other.
- Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Be sure to keep an eye on them.
- Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with spatula. If you leave them on the pan they will burn!
Eggnog Icing
- In small mixer bowl, beat the powdered sugar and butter until well blended.
- Gradually beat in eggnog until icing is smooth and the desired consistency.
- You may need less or more eggnog depending on the consistency you like.
- Then frost the cookies and let the icing harden.
Nutrition
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Eggnog is my favorite holiday drink. I can only imagine how yummy these cookies must be!!!
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I live for eggnog this time of year! And in cookies?? Yes, please!
Love me some eggnog and these look wonderful. I’m pinning the recipe to my “sweets” board. Thanks. 🙂
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What a delicious combination of my two favorite things!! These cookies came out perfectly. I had to cook them for a little longer (probably 25 minutes) but that may also have just been my oven. I also didn’t have any light eggnog, but we did have caramel eggnog which I used instead and they came out delicious. Great recipe and I’ll definitely make these again before Christmas. Thanks!!
Salted butter or unsalted butter?
We used salted.
My cookies are in the oven right now. My dough was very thin, almost seemed as though it was whipped even though I did everything by the directions. We’ll see how they turn out.
These cookies are a hit each year! I get requests for them from my kids and their friends! I bake them for 21 minutes on a preheated baking stone, and they turn out perfectly soft! This has become one of our favorite Christmas cookies!
Thanks for sharing ! These are a big hit and requested. I’ve been making them for the past 3 years,
Hi Michelle. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a sweet comment on the soft eggnog cookies. We are so glad that you like them. They are one of our faves. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Can these be frozen?
Soft Eggnog cookies can be frozen in an airtight container or freezer bag.