Eggnog Sugar Cookies

These cookies are not overly sweet, which makes them the perfect for the nutmeg flavored buttercream Thank you Lemons for Lulu 

 

1 ½ cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Frosting

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
7 cups powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup refrigerated eggnog

• In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. 
• Beat until fluffy. 
• Mix in eggs and vanilla. 
• Slowly mix in flour, baking powder and salt. 
• Batter will be very thick. 
• Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour, or overnight.
• Pre heat oven to 400. 
• Sprinkle your work surface with flour 
• Working with one portion of the dough at time, roll out sugar cookie dough to ½ inch thick. 
• Cut with shaped cookies. 
• Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets. 
• Bake for 6-8 minutes or until bottoms just begin brown. 
• Remove to cooling racks to cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting: cream together butter and shortening. 
• Slowly beat in powdered sugar one cup at a time. 
• Blend in salt and vanilla. 
• Add eggnog and continue to beat butter cream until it is spreading consistency, adding more eggnog if necessary.