Eggnog Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. Ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. Ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup Butter (or hard margarine), softened
• 3/4 cup Brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup Eggnog
• 1 tsp. Rum extract
• 2 Egg yolks (large)
ICING
• 2 cups Icing (confectioner’s) sugar
• 3 tbsp. Butter (or hard margarine), softened
• 2 tbsp. Eggnog
• Nutmeg, sprinkle

Instructions

1. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
2. Cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggnog, rum extract and egg yolks; beat until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat until just combined. Do not over mix. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Bake in 300ºF (150ºC) for 20 to 23 minutes until bottoms turn light brown.
3. Icing: Beat all 3 ingredients in medium bowl, adding more icing sugar or eggnog if necessary until spreading consistency.
4. Spread about 1 tsp. (5 mL) icing on top of each cookie. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.

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