Delicious and easy EGGNOG COOKIES are perfect for the holidays. This great Christmas cookie recipe is ideal for taking to cookie exchanges or holiday parties.
If you love snickerdoodles and you love eggnog, wait until you try these incredible eggnog cookies! Packed full off eggnog flavor, but with the delicious simplicity of snickerdoodles, these eggnog cookies need to make their way onto your holiday baking list!
Eggnog Cookie Recipe
When the eggnog starts hitting store shelves that’s my cue to start my holiday baking and Christmas cookie making. Bring on the holiday cookies!
Eggnog in our refrigerator last week. Thanks to my friends at Shamrock Farms for sponsoring this post.
My family has a love of snickerdoodles.
After the big hit my pumpkin snickerdoodles were, I decided we needed to make egg nog snickerdoodles as well.
These egg nog cookies bring together everything I love about snickerdoodles and eggnog, all in one soft, chewy cookie.
They have an optional eggnog glaze and are delicious either way you make them.
As an AZ girl, Shamrock Farms dairy products have always been my go-to choice. Shamrock Farms is the richest, thickest, noggiest eggnog around, with the creamiest, premium taste and a custom blend of spices. It’s a staple item in our fridge the entire holiday season. Made with pure, fresh ingredients and is made straight from the farm as fresh as can be. I love that it’s available in both regular and low-fat varieties.
Christmas Cookies
For this eggnog cookie recipe I use eggnog both in the cookie dough and in the glaze. These cookies truly have the perfect amount of eggnog flavor.
As I mentioned the eggnog glaze on top is optional. Make them both ways and you have egg nog cookies that can do double duty on those Christmas cookie platters.
Eggnog Cookies
Eggnog Cookies
Equipment
- Baking sheet
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg (may use 2 tsp for stronger eggnog flavor)
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar light or dark
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup Shamrock Farms Eggnog
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or rum extract if desired
Topping
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Shamrock Farms Eggnog
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
- For the dough: In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg and cream of tartar. Set aside. *MAKE SURE YOU GENTLY SPOON YOUR FLOUR INTO YOUR MEASURING CUP, VS SCOOPING THE FLOUR. SCOOPING CAN RESULT IN TOO MUCH FLOUR.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the eggs, eggnog and vanilla or rum extract. Mix well.
- Stir in the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
- Cover bowl (or remove dough from bowl and wrap in plastic wrap) and chill for 1+ hours.
- When ready to bake, Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Form the dough into 1 inch balls. Mix nutmeg and sugar in a small bowl and roll each ball of dough through the sugar mixture to coat one side.
- Place on a greased baking sheet or a cookie sheet covered with wax paper or silicone baking mat.
- Bake 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool on baking sheet for at least ten minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
For Glaze
- Combine powdered sugar, eggnog and nutmeg. Stir well to combine. Drizzle over cookies and allow to set up. Glaze stays slightly soft so best not to stack cookies if glazed.
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Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Check out all of the recipes for Christmas Cookies here on Love From The Oven!
More Eggnog Recipes
If you love eggnog recipes, I’ve got more for you to try! Here are four of my favorites: Eggnog Cake, Eggnog Crumb Cake, Eggnog Pie, and Eggnog Pancakes.
My friends also have some amazing eggnog recipes for you as well!
Lisa at Wine & Glue has an amazing Eggnog Dip that you’ll want to dip everything in.
Holly over at Spend With Pennies has a Spiked Eggnog Latte for you. You are right, it does sound amazing.
Deborah at Taste & Tell has an Eggnog Croissant Bread Pudding With Caramel Eggnog Syrup you need in your life. I dream about it at night.
My sweet friend Rebecca from Foodie With Family has 5 Minute Eggnog Ice Cream for you. Five minutes people, make it happen!
Finally my friend Lynne from 365 Days Of Baking has some Eggnog French Toast that is pretty much a perfect holiday breakfast. I told you we had you covered for eggnog recipes!
On the chance you’ve hit your eggnog quota, I’ve got more holiday cookies for you! Try my Hot Chocolate Cookies!
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I’m Christi I love sharing easy & delicious recipes that your family & friends will love. I’m a mom, baker, cookbook author and lover of sprinkles.
So delicious follow the recipe exactly with the glaze and they’re my favorite 😍
these were ok, kind of bland.
Great recipe. I need them a bit fluffier since I make them as thumbprint cookies, so I put 500g of flour and 1/2tsp of creme of tartar. I also add much more rum extract. With a 1 tbsp cookie scoop the recipe makes 6 dozen cookies. My only complaint is the lack of metric measurement option. US measurements are never consistent.
I wasn’t too sure about rolling them in nutmeg, so I did half that way and half in cinnamon sugar. The nutmeg half was better! Yum yum!
Glad you liked! Yeah, the nutmeg is what really pushes the eggnog flavor – glad you tried both!
Hi Christi, I am sure you will be happy to hear that your post has made its way all the way Down Under…yep, it’s Lynne from Australia…
I haven’t made any of these recipes yet, but by simply reading them all, how can they be anything other than “yum”!!!
For sharing them all, my kids, grandkids & myself thank you…😘
Why do you need to refrigerate the dough before baking?
These are absolutely delicious! Will definitely be a new tradition for our Christmas in the years to come.
Do you use salted or unsalted butter?
Whichever you prefer. Personally I have never really been able to tell a difference.