Eggnog Cookies

I followed my buttermilk cookie recipe with a few changes and made them into eggnog cookies. They were very good.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon sugar
• 6 tbsp butter
• 6 tbsp shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup eggnog
Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 3 - 5 Tbsp eggnog
• 3 cups powdered sugar

 

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon for 30 seconds, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together butter & sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg, blending just until combined after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract and egg nog. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Scoop dough out by the heaping tablespoonfuls and drop onto Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets, spacing cookies 2-inches apart. Bake in preheated oven 11 - 13 minutes. Allow to rest on baking sheet several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely then frost with Eggnog Frosting and sprinkle tops lightly with nutmeg.
• For the Eggnog Frosting:
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip butter until very pale and fluffy. Add in 3 Tbsp eggnog and mix in powdered sugar. Add additional eggnog to reach desired consistency.