Glazed Eggnog Spritz Recipes

GLAZED EGGNOG SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl beat sugar and 1 cup of butter.
• Beat vanilla, 2 teaspoons of rum flavoring and egg until smooth.
• Beat in flour and 1 teaspoon nutmeg.
• Place 1/4 of the dough at a time into your cookie press.
• On a ungreased cookie sheet, form desired shapes with dough.
• Bake 6 to 10 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Cool 1 minute, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Once cool, mix ingredients for the Rum glaze and drizzel on each cooled cookie.

GLAZED EGGNOG SPRITZ

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 325°F). In large bowl, beat granulated sugar and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, 2 teaspoons rum extract and the egg until smooth. Beat in flour and 1 teaspoon nutmeg.
• Place 1/4 of the dough at a time in cookie press. On ungreased cookie sheet, form desired shapes with dough.
• Bake 6 to 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
• In small bowl, stir all glaze ingredients except nutmeg with spoon until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Pour mixture into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle glaze on cookies. Before glaze is set, sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg over cookies.

SPRITZ COOKIES WITH FOUR VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°.
• Combine all ingredients except flour in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour. Beat until well mixed. If dough is too soft, cover and refrigerate, 30 to 45 minutes.).
• Place dough into cookie press fitted with template. Form desired shapes 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Chocolate Chip Spritz: Add 1/4 cup coarsely grated semi-sweet chocolate to ingredients and proceed as directed above.
• Eggnog-Glazed Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg to ingredients and proceed as directed above. Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, 2 tablespoons water and 1/4 teaspoon rum extract in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies.
• Spice Spritz: Add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves to ingredients and proceed as directed above. Glaze: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over warm cookies.
• Mint Kisses: Add 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract to ingredients and proceed as directed above. Immediately after removing cookies from oven, place 1 chocolate candy kiss on each cookie.

EGGNOG SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, 1 teaspoon extract and the nutmeg until soft dough forms.
• Fit cookie press with desired template. Fill cookie press with cookie dough; press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, milk and 1/4 teaspoon extract until desired consistency. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle cookies with colored sugar.

EGGNOG SPRITZ COOKIES WITH EGGNOG RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 F. In large bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter, rum extract and egg until light and fluffy. Beat in flour, nutmeg and salt until well blended.
• 2. Fit cookie press with desired template. Fill cookie press; press dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 3. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until edges are firm but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Let cookies cool before you glaze them.
• 4. For glaze: Stir all the glaze ingredients together until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle on cookies. I usually use my cake decorator but you can put it in a plastic baggie and cut off a corner and squeeze it out or just drizzle with a knife all crazy like. Before glaze is set, sprinkle with nutmeg. Instead of grated nutmeg you can add colored sprinkles for the festive occasion.

EGGNOG GLAZED SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and rum extract in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping often until creamy. Reduce speed to low, add flour and nutmeg. Beat until well mixed.
• Fill cookie press. Press dough 1 inch apart on to ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 6-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Stir together the glaze ingredients. Add additional rum or rum extract/hot water to desired glazing consistency. You can microwave the glaze for a few seconds to make the glaze more fluidy. While still warm, brush the tops of cookies with glaze. Sprinkle with candies if desired.

EGGNOG SPRITZ COOKIES (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, 1 teaspoon extract and the nutmeg until soft dough forms.
• Fit cookie press with desired template.
• Fill cookie press with cookie dough; press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set.
• Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, milk and 1/4 teaspoon extract until desired consistency.
• Drizzle over cookies.
• Sprinkle cookies with colored sugar.