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Deliciously soft Eggnog Cookies are topped with lovely eggnog glaze. Top with a cute printable tag for holiday perfection!
Peppermint punch or hot chocolate and a plate of cookies are a best-loved holiday treat in our home.
Eggnog Meltaway Cookies
Who loves eggnog?! I do!
It’s a holiday staple, and I love that you can use it for things other than just drinking. Yes. It’s true. You can even use it for baking!!
I used it in today’s recipe for Eggnog cookies. The result was a soft and chewy cookie with hints of nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar and eggnog.
The Eggnog glaze on top was the perfect addition. It made them just sweet enough but not too rich and makes for another great holiday cookie recipe to try this year.
There really is nothing like making a cute gift out of something homemade – like cookies! I really hope you get a chance to try these delicious Eggnog Cookies. If you know of someone who is an Eggnog lover, I can guarantee they’ll love this cookie concoction. 😉
How to Make Eggnog Cookies
If you’re a fan of eggnog, then you’ll definitely love these cookies. They only require a few simple ingredients and steps.
WET INGREDIENTS. Begin by creaming together your butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix well. From there, add eggnog and mix until well combined.
DRY INGREDIENTS. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon and mix. Add this mixture to the butter mixture and mix until well combined.
BAKE. Use a cookie scoop to drop batter onto parchment lined baking sheets and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.
GLAZE + SERVE. Let cool before drizzling on the glaze. Super easy and super tasty!
Christmas Cookie Gift
Well, if you guys know me at all you won’t be surprised to learn that I didn’t stop at just making cookies. I was asked by Horizon Organic to make a simple and fun gift idea this holiday season and decided to use these cookies and a Cookie Jar I found at my local Kroger Store for it.
Who would give a Cookie Jar for a gift without cookies, right?! I made this batch and then filled the jar with them and even decided to make a little poem and turned it into a tag that reminded the recipient of the true reason for this amazing season.
To make this gift is beyond simple! I began by finding a cute jar. From there, I made this printable tag.
TO DOWNLOAD Christmas Tag:
Just click on the image above, RIGHT-CLICK, and SAVE. Open it in a program like WORD, RE-SIZE, PRINT and CUT OUT.
Attach it to your jar or any present for that matter with ribbon or twine.
Tips + SToring Info
To FREEZE: These cookies would do well as baked and then frozen cookies, or just freezing the dough before baking. When freezing baked cookies make sure that you freeze them in layers and then let them thaw to room temperature before freezing. You can freeze them in an airtight container for up to 4 weeks.
STORE cookies for about a week in a ziploc bag or tupperware container on the counter.
For more holiday cookies, check out:
- Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peppermint Sugar Cookies
- Gingersnaps
- Snickerdoodles
- Christmas Cookies
- Chewy Molasses Cookies
Eggnog Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
Eggnog Cookie
- ¾ cup butter (softened)
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cup Horizon Organic Eggnog
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Eggnog Glaze
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp Horizon Organic Eggnog
Instructions
- Begin by creaming together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- Add eggnog and mix until well combined.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until well combined.
- Using a cookie scoop, drop batter onto parchment lined baking sheets.
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Let cool.
- Make glaze by mixing powdered sugar and eggnog. Drizzle over cookies and ENJOY!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from In Katrina’s Kitchen.
Sugar? What sugar? How much sugar?
I just baked the eggnog cookies and they turned out beautifully!! They are soft and chewy and the eggnog taste is perfect!! I am surprised by some of the comments regarding ‘wet’ texture because they were fine for me and had no trouble using a cookie scoop at all. After they cool I will top them off with the glaze. Thank you so much for my new holiday cookie!!
You are so welcome & I am so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing that!
It says to cream the sugar & butter until fluffy, I don’t see granulated sugar listed in the ingredients!
“1. Begin by creaming together butter and sugar until fluffy”
What sugar? It’s not on the ingredients list (not for the cookie. It’s there for the glaze, but not the cookie). How has anyone who has made these known how much sugar to use?
It is. It calls for 1 and 1/4 cup
LOVE this recipe but when i made it at home the batter was VERY wet. couldnt roll it at all! is it supposed to be that consistency? or should i add more flour. thanks~
Mine was wet too. I stuck it in the freezer while I baked other cookies and stuck it BAck in while batches are cooking. That seemed to work. IT’S still sticky, but it at least comes out
Ok it looks awesome but where would I get beautiful decorative jars at Not a pricy price??
I LOVE the jars at IKEA. Most are under $5 and can be dolled up with a pretty and festive bow. 🙂
Hello, I as well have a very wet batter. I checked and double checked the recipe & my measurements. Any recommendations? Add more flour?
No time to start another recipe, trying to get to a cookie exchange.
Thanks
Did you bake them? Just curious to know how they turned out. Following the recipe, it shouldn’t be. You may have need a little more flour.
Love your idea’s!! Where did you find that cookie jar? Love it!!
Yum – will definitely make these! And love the cookie jar! I know you didn’t get that at the $1 spot at Target!!! But I am going to look for one. Oh, and I have a great recipe for eggnog bread – real fast and easy. One year I made 75 loaves!! ha ha – I was looking for people to give a loaf to!!!! Happy Thanksgiving!
I love eggnog so I know I will love these cookies!