Deviled eggs are a must-have for any holiday meal. These are a wonderful variation on the traditional.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 8 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 53 mins |
| Servings: | 48 |
| Yield: | 48 cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon rum extract
- ½ teaspoon brandy extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup colored sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Beat sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, rum extract, and brandy extract together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt; mix until dough is just combined.
- Mix colored sugar and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
- Roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; coat with colored sugar mixture and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are beginning to crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Shortening and butter combination is strongly recommended to help cookies maintain rise.
- You can substitute the rum and brandy extracts with vanilla extract, and the nutmeg with cinnamon, if you prefer a more classic version of this recipe.
- The amount of flour is critical in this recipe. I recommend measuring flour by weight (379 grams) instead of by volume.
- I find that 10 minutes 30 seconds is the best amount of time for baking.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 94 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 55 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I saw that another reviewer talked about how the cookies burned, so I reduced the baking temperature to 375 and only baked the cookies for 8 minutes on parchment paper and they turned out perfect! You could always bake them for a minute or two longer, but start with 8 minutes and go up from there.
2.5 Unfortunately these did not taste like eggnog at all and making the colored sugar was kind of a hassle but I did try. Bottoms burnt @ 10 minutes for first batch and almost @ 8 minutes for the second batch. Again, an alright taste for the unburned ones but shall stick with my regular snickerdoodle recipe.