This month’s #FoodieExtravaganza is celebrating Eggnog! The Foodie Extravaganza is a monthly party hosted by bloggers who love food! Each month we incorporate one main ingredient into recipes to share with you. For December, I don’t think our host Alexis of We Like to Learn as We Go could have picked a more perfect ingredient!
I am pretty sensitive to nutmeg, so I’ve never been a huge fan of eggnog. I think though that my increased baking endeavors have helped me get used to it. My mom’s stuffing is a simple bread, egg, nutmeg, salt, and pepper and every year I try it and every year I can’t get past the nutmeg. But this year I enjoyed it! Hooray for growing up.
But back to the eggnog. I have no doubt that the brand of eggnog makes all the difference. For this challenge I bought the generic Target brand and loved it!
These cookies are absolutely divine. They really do melt in your mouth and are better than store bought. I garnished half of the cookies with cinnamon and half with nutmeg. I have some more frosting leftover and plan to make another half batch of cookies to use it up!
Eggnog Cookies
Ingredients for the cookies:
- 3/4 C room temperature butter
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp rum extract
- 1/2 C eggnog
- 2 1/4 C flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Ingredients for the frosting:
- 1/2 C room temperature butter
- 1/2 tsp rum extract
- 3 tbsp eggnog
- 3 C powdered sugar
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter with both sugars until fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time until combined. Mix in both extracts and eggnog.
- In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Add dry ingredients to the stand mixer in two batches and mix until combined.
- Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden. Let cool five minutes on cookie sheets and transfer to cooling rack.
- Make frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter until fluffy. Mix in rum extract, eggnog, and powdered sugar. If needed, add up to a total of 5 tbsp eggnog. Frost cookies once completely cooled and garnish with sprinkling of nutmeg or cinnamon.
*This recipe is adapted from Jaclyn at http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/11/melt-mouth-eggnog-cookies/*
Be sure to check out these other festive eggnog recipes:
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Your cookies are lovely and a great use for the eggnog.
Thanks!
Nutmeg can definitely be overpowering. Your cookies look yummy.
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They look so chewy and delicious!
I usually prefer thin and crispy cookies but these were melt-in-your-mouth addicting.
This recipe is definitely on my MUST MAKE list – those look so yummy! We’re having a cookie exchange at work next week, maybe these need to come with me to it! 🙂
They’ll go fast! 😀
Nutmeg was one of those spices I didn’t like as well but I guess I’ve finally grown up too because now I do! I even buy the whole nutmeg and grate it with my microplane so the smell and flavor are strong and fresh. Love these cookies, Lauren!
I’m almost out of my ground nutmeg so I might do the same. If anything it’ll make me feel like a pro! 😉
Melt in your mouth cookies are sounding awesome right about now. I know how you feel about nutmeg. I used to be overwhelmed by the flavor whenever I added it to anything, but over time it grew on me. Now I love it!
I usually halve it in everything I make.
Beautiful! Will definitely have to try these. I also just switched to buying whole nutmeg with the move and rebuying spices.
Do you like it?
Cinnamon and rum in here sound like a great addition to eggnog cookies!
Everything is better with cinnamon!
I didn’t know Target had generic brand eggnog, they always have the best seasonal items so I’m not surprised. 🙂 I think cinnamon is a great alternative to nutmeg, these cookies look and sound great!
I’m so happy to be in reasonable striking distance to a Target again.
These cookies look very moreish, I can imagine they melt in your mouth. They look wonderful!