Eggnog-Iced Butter Cookies
- FOR THE COOKIES:
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter, Melted And Cooled
- 1-1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 whole Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2-3/4 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Optional For Decoration: Candy Sprinkles
- FOR THE ICING:
- 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Eggnog (Add A Bit More As Needed, Until Pourable)
- 1/4 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- For the cookies:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
- 2. In a large bowl whisk together melted butter, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until well incorporated.
- 3. Next whisk in flour and baking powder until cookie dough is formed.
- 4. Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- 5. Next scoop the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place on a parchment covered cookie sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
- 6. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven, set pans on a rack and let cookies cool before icing.
- For the icing:
- 1. Whisk together all of the icing ingredients, adding eggnog until the mixture reaches drizzling consistency.
- 2. Drizzle icing over the tops of cookies in decorative pattern.
- 3. Optional: Add sprinkles to tops of cookies and serve.
unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, allpurpose, baking powder, sprinkles, powdered sugar, eggnog, ubc
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/eggnog-iced-butter-cookies/ (may not work)