Bakery Style Eggnog Cookies
These Eggnog Cookies are made with festive spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. Topped with an Eggnog Cream Cheese frosting these are a perfect Christmas Cookie.
Ingredients
Cookies
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp eggnog
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 & ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
For rolling the dough
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
Frosting
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp eggnog
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 & ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a small bowl combine the sugar mixture for rolling the dough. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
- Add in egg, eggnog, and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
- Add in flour, spices, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix to combine.
- Scoop out 6 equally sized cookies and roll into sugar mixture from earlier. Set onto a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes.
- While cookies are baking make frosting. Combine cream cheese and butter. Mix until well combined. Add in eggnog, cinnamon, nutmeg, and powdered sugar. Mix on medium high until fully incorporated. Add in additional powdered sugar if needed.
- Pipe onto cooled cookies using a small round piping tip. I garnished with star anise, but ground nutmeg is great as well!
