Eggnog Cookies

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 2/3 cup unsalted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup eggnog
• 1/2 cup finely crushed butterscotch candy
• nutmeg
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 2 tablespoons eggnog

Recipe

• 1 mix together dry ingredients.
• 2 cut in butter until the pieces are the size of peas.
• 3 make a well in the center.
• 4 in a small bowl, beat together the egg and eggnog until well mixed.
• 5 pour the eggnog mixture into the well and stir until moistened.
• 6 cover the dough and chill for at least three hours.
• 7 preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• 8 line a cookie sheet with foil and lightly grease.
• 9 roll out the dough on a well floured surface to quarter-inch thickness.
• 10 using cookie cutters in two sizes, cut out cookies.
• 11 cut out cookies with the large cutter first, and then cut out centers with the smaller cutter.
• 12 reroll the dough and continue to cut.
• 13 place the cookies on the foil-lined cookie sheet about one inch apart from each other.
• 14 sprinkle the crushed candies into the center of the cookies.
• 15 bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are firm and lightly golden brown.
• 16 cool the cookies on the sheets for five minutes.
• 17 transfer the foil with the cookies attached to a baking rack.
• 18 once the cookies are cooled, carefully remove the foil from the bottoms of the cookies.
• 19 spread the tops with eggnog glaze and sprinkle with additional crushed candy and/or nutmeg if desired.
• 20 -----eggnogglaze-----.
• 21 mix powdered sugar, rum extract and eggnog.