Eggnog Glazed Spritz Cookies Food

GLAZED EGGNOG SPRITZ

Steps:

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

EGGNOG GLAZED SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Combine 1 cup butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour and nutmeg; beat at low speed until well mixed.
• Fit cookie press with template; fill with dough. Press dough 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 6-10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned.
• Stir together powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter, rum extract and enough hot water for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. While still warm, brush tops of warm cookies with glaze; sprinkle with candies, if desired.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.