North Pole EggNog Cookies
EggNog Cookies
Ingredients:
2 and 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 and 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cups salted butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large egg yolks
1 Tbsp ground nutmeg
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300′
2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg
3. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside
4. Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until forms a grainy paste
5. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth
6. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined — do not over mix!
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets — 1 ” apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.
8. Bake for 23-25 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown — transfer to cool, flat surface immediately.
Cinnamon Crinkles from the North Pole
Cinnamon Crinkles
Ingredients:
2 and 2/3 cup of sifted flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter or margarine
1 and 1/2 cup of sugar
2 eggs
2 T ground cinnamon
3 T sugar
halved pecans or walnuts (optional)
Directions:
1. Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt — set aside
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one ata a time; beat well after adding each.
3. Add dry ingredients. Refrigerate 1 hour.
4. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet
5. Press half a nut into center — sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture
5. Bake at 350′ for 12-15 minutes.
Buckeyes from the North Pole
Buckeyes
1. 1 and 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2. 2 sticks of butter or margarine (1/2 lb) softened
3. 1 lb of confectioners sugar
4. 1 small can or 1/2 bag of Angel Flake coconut
5. 1 and 1/2 cups peanut butter
6. 2 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and chill several hours.
2. Roll into small balls and dip into:
1 x 12 oz package of semi-sweet choc. chips, melted w/ 1 small cake parafin wax over a double boiler.
3. Drop onto wax paper and cool
4. Store in cool place