Not that any of us would care, but just how would one make eggnog meltaways? If we were interested that is.
ETA: Which of course we aren’t
I will NOT be using my KA stand mixer today (a snow day for both me and my children) to make dozens of oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, chocolate pudding, frosted cut-out, sugar, chocolate crinkles, and several flavors of kolachky cookies…and my mother-in-law’s delicious shortbread. yummmmmmmy.
Hope there’s room in the freezer for all the cookies we won’t be making!
and NO my mixer does NOT have more miles on it than my car and my mattress combined!!! LOL (I am positive it does)
I ordered flames for it. But I would never dream of actually putting them on. 
The spritz and other xmas cookies I made using the new wing blade I didn’t buy came out light and airy. This is one good tool. Or so I’ve been told.
Since nobody whomsoever cares:
Egg Nog Cream Meltaways
2 sticks butter, softened
¾ c. sifted powdered sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
1 T. bourbon
1 t. rum extract
2 ¼ c. sifted cake flour
¼ t. salt
1 ¼ t. grated nutmeg
1 ½ c. powdered sugar
½ t. rum extract
1 T. bourbon
sprinkle nutmeg
cream, as needed
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400. Line 2 cookies sheets with parchment.
- Cream butter and sugar with paddle attachment til light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Add vanilla, bourbon, and rum and blend well. Stir flour, salt, and nutmeg in another bowl.
- Gradually blend the dry into the butter, stirring until just incorporated. Add drop or 2 of yellow food color.
- Drop dough by heaping t.’s 2 inches apart or roll into 1 inch balls. Bake 7 – 8 minutes til cookies are set but not brown. Cool 5 minutes on sheet. Remove to wire rack and cool completely
- Mix 1 ½ c. powdered sugar, rum extract and bourbon in medium bowl. Add nutmeg and blend well. Add cream or eggnog until frosting is smooth and spreadable; spread on cookies and sprinkle with decors for an extra festive touch.
- Allow frosting to set; store in tins with layers separated by wax paper.
Makes about 2 ½ dozen.
There’s no way I made these last year only to hoard them viciously, subsequently gaining 5 lbs. Nope, no way at all.
Bump to see how many cookies this makes, do they flatten or stay balls, and how long can they be stored and still be fresh? I have a cookie swap on Wednesday and Sunday next week; can I whip them all up at once and have them still be fresh on Sunday?
Won’t see a batch of this is my Empire Green Artisan.
Won’t be making the butter myself in my Kelly Green Artisan, either.
Nope.
I mean, the only reason I have the damned thing is because I thought it would match the green tile in my kitchen.
Not that you’re going to make them or anything, but they would flatten out moderately as they cook. Unbaked dough is good in the fridge up to two days, and they’d keep a couple weeks in something tupperwarish. The amount varies with the size you make, I use a generous tablespoon sized cookie scoop and get about 40 per batch.
Especially don’t make this recipe with lemon cake mix, since the cream cheese richness and the lemony tartness wouldn’t be fabulous at all. Any cake mix works, allow me to save you the trial and error phase and stick with devil’s food/chocolate/fudge, lemon and classic yellow (great for tinting!)
Thanks so much for all the info, which I will file and never use 
I’m glad to have something new to not take to the swaps.
I’m glad I don’t need a Kitchenaid to try things like this.
That way lies madness. Finding a cool easy recipe like that, if I did have a KA, might lead to such craziness as trying about a dozen different flavors and getting my colleagues so addicted I wound up taking orders and making a profit on all my experimenting.
Whew, so glad I avoided that pitfall!
Since all of us don’t need a stand mixer there is no reason for me to come in here and mention that Williams Sonoma is having a 20% off sale between now and 12/24, and you also get a $50 gift card from KA if you buy a mixer before the end of the year.
That brings the cost of a 6 qt big dog down from $399 to about $270 after the gift card.
Not that I am going to buy one in onyx black. Nope, not me, no sir. No interest whatsoever.
This might be an attractive offer in, say, 2050, when mine finally breaks down for the first time.
Not that I have any interest, but 620 watts does a much better job with pasta then 450 watts does.
My daughter also has no interest in my Artisan, which is one more reason why I won’t be getting the big dog.
Okay, here’s the lastest thing I didn’t make in a KA standmixer: bourbon eggnog cupcakes filled with eggnog pastry cream and topped with caramel cream cheese frosting ::drool::
It needs to come with a gym attachment is what it needs to come with.
I didn’t need my KA to make my Eggnog bread, Cranberry-Orange-Nut bread, and whipped shortbreads. No sir. Or my Schwetty balls.
On a similar note, I really didn’t need nor want an iPhone 3G, yet here it is right in front of me, looking shiny.
I think you’d better post instructions on how to make those, so we can be sure we’re not accidentally assembling such a concoction when we’re supposed to be mopping the floor or doing the dishes or something reasonable.
Remember, kiddies, the key to safety is KNOWLEDGE.
Well, okay, kiddies, but be forewarned: this recipe is not for 1. recovering alcoholics 2. beginners or 3. dieters
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way:
This is a link to the blog where I found the recipe. I doubled the pastry cream part of the recipe, which was a good idea. I found the amount of frosting was perfect - I used 1 8 oz. pkg of cream cheese (she doesn’t specify package size) - and this frosting is to die for. I will definitely make it to frost other cakes. But not in my KA stand mixer. It would be of no use for this at all ;).
These were a huge hit - very grownup cupcake, not too sweet, but creamy and decadent.
::runs off to bolt down another one::
Tonight I accidentally made sausage when I got a Kitchenaid Food Grinder Attachment for Christmas.
It was just sausage patties. With pepper and sage and thyme and cayenne and salt. I don’t have a problem. I can quit any time.
For the record, I did not go to Williams-Sonoma and I did not buy a Kitchen Aid mixer. If you peeked into my garage, you would not see a large box in W-S gift wrap. No sir, not at my house.
Goddammit.
–hunts for receipt–