12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies!
9 weeks left till Christmas.
I bet you don’t want to hear that… but I’m excited. I love Christmas time. The smells, the lights, the food. We’ve scaled way back in the last few years, so it’s not the commercial hustle and bustle anymore but a sacred, slower, meaningful time that is shared with friends and family.
This week I bring you comfort and joy… I mean,… I bring you Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Sour Cream Frosting. These were like a glass of eggnog in a cookie. They make you all warm and cozy inside. So I guess maybe I am bringing you some comfort and joy! 
A delicate tender cookie that would adapt to many flavors. I was thinking you could swap out cinnamon, cardamom, or even chai spice for the nutmeg. Or how about a vanilla cookie with a maple frosting? This could be a fantastic base recipe with many possibilities .
The teen said, “ YUM! It taste like a sugar cookie.”
The Hubby said, It’s like a sugar cookie on steroids.”
I said, “Please pass the cookies and milk!”
Buttermilk Cookies With Nutmeg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup + 2 TBSP buttermilk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a baking sheet and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together sugar and butter until well combined. Add eggs, mixing until incorporated.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. With the mixer running, add flour, alternating with buttermilk and beginning and ending with flour; mix until well combined.
- Using a heaping teaspoon, drop dough onto prepared baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake until edges are slightly brown, about 10 minutes or until set.
- Let cool completely. Frost with Sour Cream Frosting. If desired, sprinkle with additional nutmeg.
Sour Cream Frosting
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3 TBSP butter
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 vanilla extract
In a medium bowl. beat sour cream. butter, and vanilla with an electric beater till smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating on low until well incorporated and spreadable.
More Christmas Cookies!
Lemon Luscious Snow Capped Cookies
I’m linking this to Foodie Friday hosted by Designs by Gollum. Please go check out the other Friday Foodies!
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I'll take some of that comfort and joy with a big glass of milk!! They look awesome!
I love buttermilk cookies, they are so soft. I will be trying these for sure!
Looks so yummy! I love your presentation.
These would definitely bring me comfort and joy! I like all the suggestions for variations!
What a great description.. glass of eggnog in a cookie! Im trying these. They sound so festive!
I love eggnog so I'm sure in cookie form it's fabulous!
What a festive looking cookie for the cookie exchange…excellent.
Oh wow… these look fantastic!
They look beautiful and your description of them has made me hungry. I'm an eggnog fan.
I love eggnog and a cookie that taste like a cup sounds YUMMY!!!
Geri
I love these – so soft and sweet and a little spicy from the nutmeg, mmmm!!
I love these – so soft and sweet and a little spicy from the nutmeg, mmmm!!
These look scrumptious! I love a great frosted cookie and the maple idea sounds fantastic. Delicious!!
I've made a very similar cookie, but not with spice. Mine had a little lemon zest, then festive sprinkles. Yum. I'll have to try these nutmeg and sour cream ones!
It looks like a cookie that would be very complicated to make but darn, it's so easy. I'm definitely making these!
These look wonderful. I'm definitely printing out this recipe! Thanks -
Your husbands comment made me laugh:)
Joyce
At first I thought these were ricotta cookies but when I read further, I was blown away – these sound absolutely amazing! I've never made buttermilk cookies before. These look like the perfect holiday cookie
Megan, you have won my heart (again!!) with this recipe. These cookies are right up my alley!! LOVE LOVE LOVE these!
i have never had buttermilk cookies, but they look divine!