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Chocolate Eggnog Cookies
Baked for the 2010 Serious Eats Cookie Swap
"Mrs. Fields meets Stephin Merritt." —Liz Clayton, SENY Coffee Chronicles columnist
Chocolate Eggnog Cookies
About This Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
- 2 tablespoon baking cocoa
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 cup salted butter, softened*
- ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup eggnog
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large egg yolks
Procedures
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1
Preheat oven to 300° F. Heat butter and semisweet chips together to soften and melt the chips.
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2
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cocoa.
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3
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat until smooth.
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4
Add the flour mixture gradually and beat at low speed until just combined.
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5
Drop into rounded spoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets, for 23-25 minutes, dusting tops with cocoa powder. Cool immediately.
