Vixen’s Soft and Chewy Eggnog Cookies with Creamy Maple Eggnog Frosting. It’s got the Christmas spice of the creamy, luscious eggnog and the warm comfort of a soft and chewy sugar cookie. Cover with a creamy maple eggnog frosting and this festive cookie is ready for any kind of party or cozy night in.
Last year, I made Dasher’s Creamy Eggnog, and I suddenly found it super fun to use Santa’s reindeer for my eggnog recipes. Yeah, I know, I’m pretty silly. But there’s something comforting about Christmas, Santa and his reindeer.
And these soft and chewy eggnog cookies are exactly that – comforting. The warm spices of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg meets creamy eggnog. I just couldn’t resist. In this recipe I did use my homemade Dasher’s Creamy Eggnog (with rum), but you could use any eggnog you like. It’s a great way to use leftover eggnog (like there is such a thing, just make sure you have enough eggnog to both eat and drink!).
Vixen’s Soft and Chewy Eggnog Cookies with Creamy Maple Eggnog Frosting
Begin mixing the dry ingredients in a medium bowl – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and ground cloves. In a large bowl, cream butter and both white and brown sugar for 2 minutes (or until creamy).
Add egg, vanilla and eggnog into the creamed butter. Beat for one more minute. Then mix in the dry ingredients. Lastly, you can fold in salted caramel chips or fudge. This makes the cookies more chewy and gives it a little more texture, but these soft and chewy eggnog cookies doesn’t need them, so it’s completely optional (but who can say no to salted caramel! Not me!). Cover and let it chill overnight, or at least 2 hours.
The next day; Line two-three baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll a tbsp-ish worth of dough into a ball and place on baking sheet. Add no more than 9 cookie balls per sheet. To get soft and chewy eggnog cookies we bake them at 190C (375F) for 11-12 minutes. Reduce temperature to 170C (350F) if you want them even more soft and not much crisp. Let them cool on a cooling rack until room temperature.
Creamy Maple Eggnog Frosting
Meanwhile, let’s mix our maple eggnog frosting. Add powdered sugar, maple syrup, eggnog and a pinch salt to a small bowl and mix to smooth using a hand mixer. If you think it’s too thick you may add more eggnog, and more powdered sugar if it’s too liquidy. We want a pretty firm but spreadable consistency.
Spread a teaspoon worth or so of frosting on each cookie once they have cooled. Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired. They need to sit out to let the frosting firm up before storing them in a cookie jar, with parchment paper in-between each cookie.
Merry Christmas, my lovelies! Hope it is filled with joy, family and tons of delicious food. Enjoy these soft and chewy eggnog cookies with a delicious cup of Scandinavian mulled wine (also non-alcoholic version) or a warming rich and decadent hot chocolate.
If you want other ideas for what to make with your eggnog, I can highly recommend Blitzen’s cherry eggnog pavlova and Prancer’s white russian.
I’ve also got a post on 25 Jolly Christmas Cookies Recipes if you need more inspiration! These cookies are also delicious to smother in this spiced brown butter buttercream!
Comfort Food for Christmas
- Dasher’s Creamy Eggnog
- Scandinavian Mulled Wine
- Warming Rich and Decadent Hot Chocolate
- Norwegian Gingerbread Cookies
- Norwegian Christmas Men Cookies
- Easy Christmas Chocolate Rice Puffs
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Vixen's Soft and Chewy Eggnog Cookies with Creamy Maple Eggnog Frosting
Ingredients
Soft and Chewy Eggnog Cookies
- 2 cups flour 250 gr
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature. 115 gr
- 1/2 cup brown sugar 100 gr. semi-packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar 100 gr
- 2 egg yolks In other words: 1 whole egg + 1 yolk
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup eggnog 125 ml. See link for homemade below*
- 1/2 cup salted caramel chips optional. Any kind of caramel or fudge will do
Maple Eggnog Frosting
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar 220 gr
- 1/4 cup eggnog 60 ml
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- pinch salt
Instructions
Soft and Chewy Eggnog Cookies
- Begin mixing the dry ingredients in a medium bowl - flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and ground cloves.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and both white and brown sugar for 2 minutes (or until creamy).
- Add egg, vanilla and eggnog into the creamed butter. Beat for one more minute. Then mix in the dry ingredients.
- Lastly, you can fold in salted caramel chips or fudge, if desired. Cover and let it chill overnight, or at least 2 hours.
- The next day; Line two-three baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll a tbsp-ish worth of dough into a ball and place on baking sheet. Add no more than 9 cookie balls per sheet. To get soft and chewy eggnog cookies we bake them at 190C (375F) for 11-12 minutes.** Let them cool on a cooling rack until room temperature.
Maple Eggnog Frosting
- Meanwhile the cookies are baking, let's mix our maple eggnog frosting. Add powdered sugar, maple syrup, eggnog and a pinch salt to a small bowl and mix to smooth using a hand mixer. If you think it's too thick you may add more eggnog, and more powdered sugar if it's too liquidy. We want a pretty firm but spreadable consistency.
- Spread a teaspoon worth or so of frosting on each cookie once they have cooled. Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired. They need to sit out to let the frosting firm up before storing them in a cookie jar, with parchment paper in-between each cookie.
This looks so, so, so dangerously good!!! I love eggnog. Never thought of having cookie-flavored ones. Yummy!
I make too much eggnog for my small family to drink, so I had to come up with ideas for it and I thought this was really good. Thank you so much!
Its times like these I wish photos were edible! These cookies look so delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I am excited to try my hand at baking them.
Thank you! I often think about that, won’t be impressed until we can download food, right? Thank you so much again and happy baking!
Oh my goodness!!! Just reading this hand my mouth watering! Thank you! I’m definitely going to try out this recipe for Christmas… and might even share the results with my family!
Thank you so much! I really hope you’ll like them as much as I do. Happy Holidays!
these look freaking heavenly!! I will definitely be making them.
Thank you!! Hope you’ll like them!
My goodness, sounds amazing! I love eggnog, and eggnog cookies sound incredible!
Thank you, Happy Holidays!
I’ve been craving cookies and eggnog lately so this is the perfect way to indulge in both. Plus, that frosty looks heavenly.
Ooh it sounds like it’s time for some soft and chewy eggnog cookies then! Thank you 🙂
The maple eggnog frosting sounds literally amazing. What an amazing new cookie discovery! Eggnog cookies have to be from the North Pole, I am convinced, LOL.
Thank you so much, my dear! And yes, these eggnog cookies are definitely from the North Pole!
OMG I am drooling over these. I love egg nog so much. Last year I tried to make egg nog cookies, but they were gross LOL. I have to try these!
Haha, I hope you don’t find these gross too! I think they were amazing, and if you love eggnog I don’t think you could go wrong with this recipe 🙂
Those look really good! I love chewy cookies too! This is definitely a recipe I will have to try.
Thank you so much, Happy Holidays!
Wow, how clever! Maple syrup, eggnog, caramel, you can’t go wrong with this. Definitely will try!
Thank you so much, Sheereen!
If Vixen loves these cookies, who am I to argue with that? These are so cute! I’m a huge eggnog and cookie fan, so I’m sure putting these together would be amazing.
Sounds like the cookie for you! Vixen is never wrong. 🙂 Thank you!
You really had me at maple eggnog frosting. I like eggnog and holiday seasons is my only excuse to have extra; like this frosting on cookies. So good and comforting!
Thank you, Linda. Yes, Christmas is time for all things eggnog!
Love the title of this recipe. Eggnog is must during the holidays, in fact I just bought 2 large containers today. Looks like a great place to use some. Happy Holidays.
Thank you so much! Yes, it does sound like a great place to use some of the eggnog!
What a brilliant idea to use eggnog in these cookies! I love eggnog but have never done anything with it apart from drinking it!!
This year I’ve put it in everything, I love it! Thank you so much!
Egg nog cookies sound amazing. I can just imagine munching on them over the festive period.
Thank you so much!
Eggnog in cookie form?? Sign me up for this one!
Signed up! Thank you so much!
This recipe came into my life at the perfect time! I needed another cookie to make for next week and this looks amazing, thanks!
That is perfect! Hope they turned out great!
Wishing I had one of these chewy eggnog cookies right now to dunk in my coffee. They look like the perfect combination of chewy and gooey. .
The worst part about cookie baking is the chill time, I know! Hope you get to make them for future cookie cravings though 🙂
I love eggnog, and you had my attention and taste buds at maple frosting! Sounds wonderful!
Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!
I love when cookies have that holiday eggnog spice! Such a great way to celebrate and expand Christmas from one day to another!
Exactly! Thank you so much, April!
Brilliant! Egg nog and sugar cookies are the best part of Christmas! This is the greatest Christmas cookie recipe on the Internet!
Thank you so much, Krista!! Have a wonderful Christmas!
Oh my goodness these look so good! I’m drooling over here. I can’t wait to try these! Pinning for next Christmas 🙂 Thank you for sharing! Lovely photos too
Thank you so much, Maddy!
What a perfect looking cookie this is. The texture looks so so perfectly done. Bookmarking this for next year.
Thank you so much, Renu!