Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Sour Cream Frosting

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

(Printable Recipe)

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a baking sheet and set aside.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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!

Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Lime Meltaways

Lemon Luscious Snow Capped Cookies 

Brickle Cookies

 

I’m linking this to Foodie Friday hosted by Designs by Gollum. Please go check out the other Friday Foodies!