I absolutely love eggnog (and even have my own homemade eggnog recipe), but it is usually just too rich for me to drink it all by itself and it makes me sick to my stomach. My husband has to actually "monitor" me at Christmas, because he knows that I will still drink it, thinking that "this time will be different"... and then he will have to deal with me running to the bathroom!
Next to my eggnog cookies, I think my cherry thumbprint cookies are my favorite to make at the holidays!
Anyway....sorry to give you that visual!
Since I love eggnog so much, I am always trying to figure out how to get the flavor in to my life at this time of year. I will make my eggnog fudge recipe to add to my cookie trays, a batch of eggnog ice cream, I will use it as coffee creamer and I even came up with an eggnog bread pudding recipe last year!
But one of my favorite things to make with it are my eggnog cookies!
These eggnog cookies are great with a cup of coffee or tea, or you can go "old school" and pour yourself a big glass of milk and start dunking!
A couple of tips for making these eggnog cookies:
Don't skip using parchment paper or Silpat sheets. These cookies have a high butter content (and it is already a "wet dough" and the parchment paper (or Silpat sheets) will help to prevent the cookies from spreading too much!
These cookies are meant to be baked at just 300F. That is not a typo. Like you, I am conditioned to cook most cookies at 350F, but the lower temperature is going to give you a more chewy cookie!
Enjoy! Let me know if you made these and how they turned out for you!
Eggnog Cookies | Christmas Cookie Idea
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup salted butter softened
- 1/2 cup eggnog try using my easy eggnog recipe
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large egg yolks
- additional ground nutmeg for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or non-stick baking mat (it’s not required that you line the sheets, but this is a “wet cookie dough” and the parchment paper or mat helps to keep them from spreading out too much and makes clean-up a breeze!)
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and the 1/2 tsp of nutmeg. Set aside.
- Using the paddle attachment on your mixer, cream the sugar and butter to form a grainy paste.
- Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and continue beating until smooth.
- Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined. Do not overmix! The dough may seem a little “wetter” than your typical drop cookie dough. As long as your measurements are correct – don’t worry about that!
- Drop by rounded teaspoon on to baking sheets (if you aren’t using parchment paper or SIlpat, leave the cookie sheets ungreased). Flatten the tops slightly and dust lightly with nutmeg.
- Bake 22-25 minutes or until the bottoms turn brown.
- Transfer to a cooling rack immediately and let cool
Tried these cookies.. I had to use a little extra eggnog.. my batter was actually not very wet (and was hard to mix till I added the extra splash of eggnog)! However, I just took them out of the oven and tasted one.. OMG. Yummy! 😀 So soft and just.. melty in my mouth! Thanks for the recipe!
I made these today and they didn't turn out at all. I probably should have done what Amber did and added more eggnog. That being said, I recently moved to Colorado and am having to learn to bake almost all over again because of the altitude. Some things work out fine and others not so much. I plan on taking a baking class to learn how to bake at this altitude and then I'll try them again. I'm used to baking almost at sea level so this is a real challenge as I love to bake. Bottom line, I'm sure it wasn't your recipe, but the altitude. I was curious about the low oven temp, however.
I thought the cookies were delicious, I didn't alter anything and they turned out good.