Eggnog Kringla Cookies

"Cake-like cookies with hints of eggnog and nutmeg. I've been making these every year for Christmas since I was 12, and every year at least a few people ask for the recipe -- and continue to request them every Christmas. I've been told by lots of people that they don't want me to buy them a gift. They just want me to make these cookies for them. I love bringing these to cookie exchanges and/or giving them as gifts. I know the original recipe came out of a magazine, but I don't remember which one."
 
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Ready In:
51mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
60 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a bowl combine flour, baking powder and soda, and nutmeg. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl beat butter and sugar till fluffy. Add egg and beat well.
  • To the butter/sugar/egg mixture, stir in half of egg nog. Then stir in half of flour mixture. Stir in remaining eggnog and then flour mixture. It will be very stiff.
  • Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
  • To make them quickly, drop them by small spoonfuls on a baking sheet. To make them in the traditional manner: Working with 1/3 of dough at time (keep the rest of the dough chilled), separate dough into 1-inch balls and roll between floured hands into a pencil-like shape, about as long as your hand. On a baking sheet loop one end over the other to form an oval with two ends overlapping (to look like the Christian fish).
  • Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes before edges brown. They won't look done, but they are.
  • Sprinkle with nutmeg and powdered sugar.

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Reviews

  1. These are YUMMY!!! I had to bake them for 14-15 minutes at 350. Sprinkled nutmeg on top. Flavor was very eggnog-y. Perfect!!!
     
  2. These are absolutely delicious cookies, soft and cakelike. I took your advice and took the cookies out of the oven after 8 minutes, even though they didn't look done, but when I bit into one, they were done. I also made a buttercream icing, substituting eggnog for the milk. Thanks for this great recipe, which I'll be making every year from now on.
     
  3. These are fantastic cookies! They remind me of Cream teas Scones but in a cookie format with the addition of eggnog which is my new favorite flavor these days! Thanks for a great recipe! and thanks for sharing!
     
  4. I made these over the holidays and just realized I failed to review them. I formed some as you described, then played around with different shapes for the rest. They had great flavor and sure made the house smell wonderful while they were baking. :) Thanks for posting the recipe!
     
  5. Great eggnog flavor!Very cake like texture. I used light eggnog witch worked out fine. I didn't roll them out into an oval shape i just shaped them into a ball. I had to cook them for 15 minutes but tasted delcious! Next time(there will defianlty be) i will probaly add golden raisins! thanks for the recipe!
     
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  1. These are absolutely delicious cookies, soft and cakelike. I took your advice and took the cookies out of the oven after 8 minutes, even though they didn't look done, but when I bit into one, they were done. I also made a buttercream icing, substituting eggnog for the milk. Thanks for this great recipe, which I'll be making every year from now on.
     

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I'm a stay-at-home mother who loves to cook. I try to stay pretty active -- especially since I have 2 young boys and a baby girl. I love using my church's monthly pot-luck lunch as a testing ground for new recipes. I love American Test Kitchen's, Weight Watchers, Cooking Light, & Prevention cookbooks. I have an enormous pile of recipes from magazines I want to try someday.
 
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