I love Eggnog. It’s not a very common drink where I live. In
fact when I have made eggnog based drinks or desserts in the past, folk usually
ask me – what is eggnog?!
Well, for the uninitiated, it’s a dairy based drink that’s
made with milk or cream, sugar and eggs. Flavoured with some alcohol, rum is
the most common, and it’s finished off with some nutmeg spice. It’s popular in
North America, especially at Christmas time. Luckily this year I managed to
track down some Eggnog juice boxes (complete with little straw) in the African
section of Tesco?!
Last year I made these particular cookies for gifts and they
were very popular. So I thought I would share them with you. They are
super-easy to make, if you can get hold
off the eggnog of course!
Eggnog Spice Cookies
(Adapted from SouthernFood.About.Com)
Yield: 40 cookies
Ingredients:
250 grams plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
280 grams granulated sugar
170 grams unsalted butter, softened
120 ml prepared eggnog
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large egg yolks
Red and Green sprinkles
Method:
Preheat the oven to 150oC. Line a cookie sheet
(or three) wth greaseproof paper.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg
in a large bowl. Set aside. In another bowl, beat together the sugar and butter
until pale and creamy. Add the eggnog, egg yolks and vanilla, beating well. It
might look a bit curdled at this stage, but keep beating and it will get
smoother. Next add in the flour mix and mix to combine until no streaks of
flour are seen.
I used a 1 1/2 “ cookie scoop and placed balls of the cookie
dough onto the prepared sheets, slightly spaced apart. With wet fingers I
pressed on each one slightly to flatten a little. I then added the sprinkles,
patting them into the dough slightly. I popped them into the oven for 20
minutes until lightly golden brown. I let them cool fully before removing them
from the paper.
They are quite cakey, soft type cookies with an unmistakable
creamy, almost boozy taste. And of course the cinnamon and nutmeg shine through.
If you didn’t want to add sprinkles, you could use royal icing, or just a small
sprinkle of more nutmeg. These are sure to be Christmas favourites! Enjoy…
I'm entering these cookies into this month's biscuit barrel challenge - the theme is Festive and Party. I think host Laura from I'd Much Rather Bake Than... would agree these are a good fit for the festive season!
Well I have tried drinking eggnog in the past and I have to be honest that I'd need a fair bit of persuasion to try it again. Baking with it sounds like an excellent notion, though. Creamy and boozy sounds just great to me.
ReplyDeleteYour taste buds change all the time apparently - you might just surprise yourself if u try it again! The cookies are fab!!
ReplyDeleteYet another clever and intriguing recipe. Informative too because although I'd heard of it, I was amongst those who didn't know what eggnog was so thanks for sharing with the Biscuit Barrel challenge =)
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura - never thought of myself as informative!
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