It’s time for some holiday baking everyone!! I don’t know about you but I love getting into the kitchen and baking my yearly favourites (which always includes Spritz cookies – see my recipe for those here). You should also check out what Diana is cooking up on 204 Park as well! So many great recipes! This year I wanted to try something new and after stumbling on this recipe in Dote Magazine, I thought I would give them a try!
Simple Sugar Cookies with Eggnog Icing
What You’ll Need
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking sode
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/8 tsp allspice
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices into a bowl and mix together. Set aside.
In a mixer, cream softened butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Then add eggs and vanilla. Add the dry to the wet and combine until smooth dough.
In a separate bowl combine 1/2 cup of sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, roll into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and place on a baking tray about 2 inches apart. Back for about 14 minutes. Makes about 24 cookies.
When cool, ice with eggnog icing.
What You’ll Need
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup eggnog
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- a dash of cinnamon and a pinch of salt
Cream softened butter until smooth and add powdered sugar a half a cup at a time until all combined. With mixer running, slowly add the eggnog and mix on medium for another 2 minutes. Add the cinnamon and salt and spread on cooled cookies.
A note about this recipe – it originally called for cardamon and more spices in the icing. I found it a bit too much so I opted to simplify the recipe a bit. If eggnog isn’t your thing then omit from the icing. 
Made these today to give away as gifts. They turned out awesome. My neighbours are going to love them
No Way!! That’s awesome!!!!!! XO