12/13/12

Eggnog Cookies

Today we are making Eggnog Cookies, which we found on Pinterest. But as usual it was not allergy friendly, so with a few tweaks hear is the allergy friendly version. Great for Christmas parties.




Soft Eggnog Cookies

Ingredients:


1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup Earth Balance soy free butter
1/2 cup So Delicious eggnog
1 teaspoon vanilla
soy free egg yolks

2 1/4 cups special blend flour*
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. (Yes 300)

In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer. Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth.

In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well with a wire whisk and add to your eggnog/sugar/butter mixture.

Next drop by rounded teaspoons onto a greased baking sheets, 1 to 2 inches away from each other, flatten with a spoon.  Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until firm when you touch them.

Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with spatula.

Eggnog Icing
3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup Earth Balance butter
1/2 cup So Delicious eggnog

In small mixer bowl, beat the powdered sugar and butter until well blended. Gradually beat in eggnog until icing is smooth and the desired consistency. You may need less or more eggnog depending on the consistency you like. Then frost the cookies and let the icing harden. 

*1 1/4 cup rice flour,1/4 cup tapioca starch,  1/2 cup potato starch,1 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum

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