Eggnog Cookie Gift Tags

Name: Eggnog Cookie Gift Tags
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups flour; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp McCormick® Nutmeg, Ground; 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 egg; 2 tsps McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract; 1 tsp McCormick® Rum Extract

Why label gifts with a slip of paper when you can use cookies instead? Mix food color and vanilla extract to paint designs on frosted, gift tag-shaped eggnog cookies. Then, thread a ribbon through the cookie, wrap it in a cellophane bag and attach to holiday gifts.

40m

PREP TIME

10m

COOK TIME

153

CALORIES

8

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 36

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
1 teaspoon McCormick® Rum Extract With Other Natural Flavors

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Mix flour, salt and nutmeg in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla extract and rum flavor; mix well. Gradually stir in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
2 Preheat oven to 325°F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on generously floured work surface. Cut into 3x2-inch rectangles. Cut corners from one of the short ends of each rectangle so they resemble the shape of gift tags. Make a hole in between the cut sides of the cookies with a drinking straw. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges start to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
4 To decorate cookie tags, frost with untinted Colorful Royal Icing. Place frosted cookie tags on cooling rack to dry. Meanwhile, prepare desired colors of Flavor Paints (see Holiday Painted Cookies Recipe or Painted Sugar Cookies Recipe). Using small clean paint brushes, paint gift tag designs and messages on frosted cookie tags. Let dry.
5 Insert ribbon through holes of cookie tags. Place cookie tags in small clear cellophane bags leaving ribbon exposed. Carefully seal bags closed with festive twist ties or smaller pieces of ribbon. Use exposed ribbon from cookie tags to attach to ribbon on wrapped gifts.