Eggnog Cinnamon Swirl Cookies
Difficulty: EasyServings
16
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
10
minutesThese cookies are so yummy, super thick and soft. Frosted with a cinnamon buttercream and topped with a cinnamon sugar swirl! They only take 10 minutes to bake and require no chill time. Makes 16 medium size cookies.
Ingredients
- Cookie:
* 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 13 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 2 egg yolks, room temp
* 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup holiday nog or eggnog, room temp- Frosting:
* 16 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
* 3 1/2 cups powder sugar
* 2 tsp cinnamon
* 2-3 tbsp holiday nog or eggnog
* 1 tsp vanilla- Cinnamon Swirl:
* 1/3 cup brown sugar
* 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
* 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
*Cinnamon sugar for dusting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl combine dry ingredients for cookie. Excluding sugar. Using a hand mixer or stand in mixer fitted with paddle beat butter and sugar till fluffy. Add in egg yolks, eggnog and vanilla extract. Beat together. Slowly add in dry ingredients till dough forms.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop dough into balls. We roll them after with our hands. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and flatten them down a bit with a back of a measuring cup.
- Make frosting while cookies cool. By beating together butter, powder sugar, cinnamon, eggnog and vanilla extract till smooth. Put in piping bag. Make cinnamon swirl mix by melting butter and stirring in brown sugar and cinnamon. Place in piping bag. Frost cookies, dust cinnamon sugar on top and pipe cinnamon swirl on top. Enjoy!
