Eggnog Snickerdoodles

Name: Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Yield: Makes 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (12½ ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces), granulated sugar; 2 large, eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons, rum extract; 1/2 cup (2 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, ground nutmeg

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2011

Desserts or Baked Goods

Contest Recipes

Combining cookies with eggnog—we wish we’d thought of this sooner.

SERVESMakes 4 dozen cookies

TIME1½ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Rum extract gave these Eggnog Snickerdoodles the distinctive kick of eggnog. We found regular rum worked okay, but the flavor was not as intense. A final dusting of nutmeg and confectioners’ sugar prepared the snickerdoodles for the holiday...

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