Gingerbread Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies

Where do I start with these festive, decadent, flavorful Gingerbread Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies? These cookies bring all the holiday flavours together in one bundle. The gingerbread spice and eggnog make a memorable flavour.

About This Recipe

• These cookies are packed with aromatic, festive gingerbread man spices. For instructions on making your spice blend, see this post.
• The other main component in this recipe is the eggnog.
• Like the gingerbread man cookies, this recipe calls for molasses and brown sugar, which add a lot of flavour and moisture to the cookies.

What Is Eggnog

historically also known as a milk punch or an egg milk punch when alcoholic beverages are added. It is a rich, chilled, sweet, dairy-based beverage. It is traditionally made with milk, cream, sugar, egg yolk, and whipped egg whites. Distilled spirits such as brandy, rum, whisky, or bourbon are often key ingredients. See this article: Wikipedia.

• These Gingerbread Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies have a heart of eggnog-white chocolate cream. Use high-quality white chocolate to make the cream.

How To Make These Gingerbread Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies

• Whisk all dry ingredients, including the spices and set aside.
• Using the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars until soft and creamy.
• Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and molasses and mix well.
• In the end, mix the dry ingredients in three batches with a rubber spatula. Do Not Overmix.
• Use a kitchen scale to make equal-sized about 30-gram cookie dough balls.
• Place the cookie balls on a baking sheet and chill them for one hour.

• Preheat the oven to 350F, line two baking sheets with a baking mat or parchment paper and set aside.
• Roll each cookie ball in the granulated sugar, then use a round ½ teaspoon measuring spoon to make a small well in the center of each ball.
• Place the cookie dough balls on the lined baking sheet and leave about one inch of space between them.
• Bake them for 10- 11 minutes. After baking, the cookies puff up a bit, and the well you made becomes flat. To make the well deeper, use a round ½ teaspoon measuring spoon and gently press it into the center of each cookie.
• Leave them to cool down fully before filling them.

How To Make The Eggnog Filling

• Combine the eggnog with white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl.
• Warm it in the microwave for one minute, stirring every 30 seconds, until the chocolate melts and the mixture is lump-free.
• Add vanilla extract and mix.
• Pour the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it into the center of Gingerbread Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies.
• Let the filling set for one hour before serving.

See more recipes here:

Eggnog Cheesecake,

Eggnog Scones,

and

Eggnog Loaf

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