Eggnog Iced Oatmeal Cookies: Cozy, Chewy, and Filled with Vacation Cheer

I’ve all the time liked my basic iced oatmeal cookies—they’re nostalgic, cozy, and a type of recipes that immediately transports me again to childhood. So this 12 months, I made a decision to provide them a festive vacation twist, and wow, these Eggnog Iced Oatmeal Cookies is perhaps my new seasonal obsession.

The bottom is every thing I really like about an oatmeal cookie: delicate, chewy, and full of heat spices. I brown the butter first, which provides a deep, nutty taste that makes the cookies additional particular. And to take issues totally into vacation territory, I dip every cookie right into a candy, creamy eggnog icing.

Now… I’ve to be sincere. Eggnog itself isn’t actually my factor. I do know it’s a basic vacation taste, however you’ll by no means discover me sipping it straight from the carton. However these cookies? I LOVE them. The glaze is delicate, completely spiced, and it pairs fantastically with the brown butter oatmeal cookie. They style like Christmas in each chew, and so they’re so fairly as soon as the icing units up.

Whether or not you’re baking for a cookie swap, vacation social gathering, or simply desire a deal with that brings immediate vacation cheer, these cookies are assured to be a success. Belief me—you don’t must be an eggnog lover to fall in love with them!

Elements & Useful Notes

For the cookies:

• Butter: Browning the butter provides a nutty, caramel-like taste that takes these cookies to the subsequent stage.
• Oats: Pulse among the oats in a meals processor to create a mixture of chopped oats and oat flour for the proper chewy texture.
• Flour: Use all-purpose flour for a basic cookie construction.
• Spices: Cinnamon and nutmeg convey that cozy vacation vibe. Don’t skip them!
• Sugar: A mixture of brown and granulated sugar provides delicate, chewy cookies with slight caramel notes.
• Eggs: Room temperature eggs combine higher and assist obtain a young texture.
• Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract makes a noticeable distinction in taste.

For the eggnog icing:

• Confectioner’s sugar: Gives a easy, creamy base for the glaze.
• Eggnog: The star of the present! Provides basic vacation taste; alter for thickness.
• Vanilla & salt: Improve the sweetness and stability the flavors.

The way to Retailer

• Let the icing arrange on the cookies after which retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days. In case you are stacking, place parchment paper or wax paper between the cookies.
• These cookies additionally freeze fantastically. Freeze after the icing is about in freezer containers for as much as 3 months. 

Cookies

Eggnog Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Smooth, chewy brown butter oatmeal cookies with vacation spices and a candy eggnog glaze—good for festive baking and vacation gifting.

For the cookies:

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, minimize into tablespoon items
• 1 1/4 cup quaint oats
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon floor cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon floor nutmeg
• 3/4 cup packed darkish brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For the eggnog icing:

• 1 1/3 cups confectioner’s sugar
• 3 to 4 tablespoons eggnog
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

• Brown the butter. Place the butter in a medium saucepan and soften over medium warmth, stirring usually, till it foams, smells nutty, and browns. This may take about 5 minutes. Scrape the browned butter into a big mixing bowl and put aside to chill to room temperature. You possibly can put the bowl within the fridge to hurry up the cooling course of.

• Make the cookie dough. Add the oats to a meals processor and pulse about 8 occasions. You need a mixture of chopped oats and oat flour.

• In a medium bowl, mix the oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir and put aside.

• Add the sugars, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla to the browned butter. Use a spatula to stir till components are effectively mixed.

• Add dry components and stir till simply mixed. Don’t over combine. Chill the dough for half-hour. You possibly can chill for as much as 72 hours.

• When able to bake, preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Take away the dough from the fridge and let come to room temperature whereas the oven preheats.

• Scoop the cookie dough into balls, about 1 ½ tablespoons of dough per cookie, and place about 3 inches aside on baking sheets which were lined with parchment paper.

• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or till evenly browned on the sides, however nonetheless delicate within the facilities. Don’t over bake. Take away the cookies from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for five minutes. Switch to a cooling rack to chill fully.

• Make the icing. In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the confectioner’s sugar, 3 tablespoons eggnog, vanilla, and salt. Whisk till the icing is easy. You need the icing to be thick, however whether it is too thick, add 1 extra tablespoon of eggnog and whisk once more.

• Dip the tops of the cooled cookies into the icing and let the surplus drip off. Set the dipped cookies on a wire cooling rack and let sit till the icing units up.

The way to Retailer:

• Retailer cooled cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days.
• These cookies additionally freeze fantastically. Freeze after the icing is about in freezer containers for as much as 3 months. 

Energy: 150kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 2g, Fats: 6g, Saturated Fats: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fats: 2g, Ldl cholesterol: 22mg, Sodium: 75mg, Potassium: 38mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 15g, Vitamin A: 183IU, Vitamin C: 0.03mg, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 1mg

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