Eggnog Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup eggnog
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 egg yolks
• icing
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons eggnog
• 1 -2 teaspoon spiced rum or 1 -2 teaspoon rum extract

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
• 2 in a separate bowl, cream sugar and butter until fluffy; add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks, beat at mediu speed with mixer until smooth. add flour mixture and beat at low speed until just combined.
• 3 drop by teaspoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
• 4 nake for 16-24 minutes or until edges start turning light brown. allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving toa wire rack.
• 5 icing:
• 6 mix confectioners sugar with eggnog and rum (if desired) until desired consistency. spead onto cooled cookies and sprinkle tops very lightly with nutmeg.