Chocolate Eggnog Cookies Recipe

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Updated August 09, 2018
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Recipe Details

Chocolate Eggnog Cookies Recipe

Prep 25 mins
Cook 25 mins
Total 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg, or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
  • 2 tablespoon baking cocoa
  • 1 ¼ cups white sugar
  • 1 cup salted butter, softened*
  • ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup eggnog
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large egg yolks

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300° F. Heat butter and semisweet chips together to soften and melt the chips.

  2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cocoa.

  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat until smooth.

  4. Add the flour mixture gradually and beat at low speed until just combined.

  5. Drop into rounded spoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets, for 23-25 minutes, dusting tops with cocoa powder. Cool immediately.

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