Two times the eggnog makes these Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bars the perfect sweet treat for the eggnog lover in your life.  Plus, bar cookies are so much easier to make than regular sugar cookies making them perfect for these next few busy weeks.

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Eggnog is one thing that you either love or hate.

I am definitely team love for eggnog.  Each winter I look forward to having a glass of the good stuff.  Up until this year, it was just my oldest and I who loved eggnog.  I would buy it and bake a few things, and he would finish off the rest.  Well, except for the times I beat him to the left overs.  It always became a race to see who would get it first.

Then just last week the other two munchkins decided to try it again…and they decided that they have been missing out on some eggnog goodness because now they love it too.

Of course now with 3 kids who want to drink all the eggnog, I have to be smart and buy 2 half gallons.  One for baking, one for drinking!  And with three of them guzzling the sweet stuff, that half gallon does not last long at all.  I have to make sure the second one is hidden in the back of the fridge, or that would probably disappear too!

As much I love eggnog, I can only drink a small glass of it at a time.  The boys on the other hand would drink a large glassful if I let them.  You should have seen the cup that our youngest was trying to drink before bed time last night.  We  had to go over some eggnog drinking rules right away.  I know it’s good, but chugging that much would give anyone a stomach ache.  

 Ok, I am going to go ahead and say this is my favorite holiday dessert! Yes, I know it is early to be claiming favorites already.  And yes, I do realize that I say that about just about everything I make.  What can I say?  I am biased about my baking!

But seriously, these Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bar have jumped into the number one spot…for now that is.  Who knows what I’ll think next week.  But for now these are the favorite dessert of the 2014 holiday season!

We make sugar cookies every year, but after a while rolling and cutting the dough becomes old.  Not to mention all the frosting that has to happen.  I don’t know why it has taken me this long to make sugar cookies into bars.  But I don’t think I ever want to go back to rolled cookies.  Seriously!  Making them in a pan was the easiest thing ever!

And with twice the eggnog in these cookies, the flavor was totally spot on.  I got so many compliments on these delicious bars.  Even my hubby was impressed with them.  I’ve told you this before…if he says it’s good, it is big stuff.  Although he did say the sprinkles on top were unnecessary!  What?  Sprinkles are always a good thing!

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Yield: 24 cookie bars

Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bars

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Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bars: two times the eggnog makes these an awesome holiday treat for the eggnog lover in your life. Sugar cookie bars are so much easier to make than rolling out individual cookies.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cookie Bars

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup eggnog
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

For the Eggnog Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 1/4 cup eggnog
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick baking spray.
2. Beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the egg, eggnog, and rum extract and beat again.
3. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Slowly add it to the butter mixture until everything is mixed in.
4. Press it into prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Do not over bake. Let cool.
5. Beat the butter until creamy. Add the rum extract, eggnog, and salt and beat again.
6. Slowly add the powdered sugar until everything is creamy. Spread over the cooled bars. Top with sprinkles.

 More delicious ways to use eggnog in your holiday baking:

Frosted Eggnog Bread

Eggnog Cake

Eggnog Cheesecake Brownies

Here are a few more eggnog recipes from friends:
Eggnog Cookies from Life, Love, and Sugar
Mini Eggnog Cheesecakes from Baked by Rachel
Eggnog Cheesecake Cake from Shugary Sweets