Rum Cookies Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH RUM COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a small bowl.
• Beat shortening, white sugar, brown sugar, rum, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in white chocolate and butterscotch chips. Fold in the flour mixture until just combined. Refrigerate dough until firmed up slightly, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place a baking stone in the oven.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto the preheated baking stone. Bake until cookies start to turn golden, about 11 minutes. Remove from oven and let cookies rest on the stone for a few minutes. Transfer them onto a wire rack to cool completely.

NO BAKE RUM BALLS

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl, mix together the vanilla wafers, cocoa and sugar. Stir in the chopped walnuts, corn syrup and rum. Mix until well blended.
• Form dough into 2 inch balls and roll in confectioners' sugar. Store in covered tin.

RUM-RAISIN SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine rum and currants; cover, and let stand at room temperature overnight. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons rum.
• Beat butter, sugar, and orange zest with a mixer on medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add vanilla and reserved rum, and beat until combined. Reduce speed to low. Add flour, coconut, and salt, and beat for 3 minutes. Stir in currants by hand.
• Form dough into 2 logs, each about 1 1/2 inches in diameter; wrap in parchment, and refrigerate 1 hour (or up to 3 days).
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove parchment. Slice logs into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, and space about 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment. Bake until pale golden, about 20 minutes. Let cool.

15 DELICIOUS SPICED RUM COOKIE RECIPES

Steps:

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• Collect the ingredients and cook the food
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OLD-FASHION RUM RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat raisins, water and rum to boiling in 1-quart saucepan; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20 to 30 minutes or until raisins are plump and liquid has evaporated. Cool raisins 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375º. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed about 3 minutes or until fluffy, or mix with spoon. Beat in egg. Stir in remaining ingredients. Stir in raisins.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

OATMEAL-RUM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine oatmeal cookie mix, canola oil, egg, and rum. Stir until dough forms.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet (only make as many as you need - keep dough in sealed container in refrigerator and enjoy later). Bake in oven for 9 to 11 minutes.

CHRISTMAS RUM COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, salt, ginger and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat the butter until creamy, approximately 1-2 minutes, add the sugar and beat, beat in the egg, add the vanilla, rum and milk and combine. Then add the whisked flour mixture and combine, wrap the dough in plastic and chill until firm, approximately 1 hour.
• Roll the dough (half at a time if you prefer) out to ¼ inch thick, cut out with your favourite cookie cutters (I used 2-2½ inch / 5-6 cm size cutters) and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheets, sprinkle with granulated or cane sugar and refrigerate while the oven is pre-heating, 15-20 minutes.
• Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C).
• Bake approximately 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool 5 minutes on the sheets then move to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

HOLIDAY RUM BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine wafer crumbs, 1 cup confectioners' sugar, walnuts, rum, corn syrup, butter and knead together. Roll into 1 inch balls and then into remaining confectioners' sugar. Arrange rum balls on a baking sheet, cover well with plastic wrap and let sit for 48 hours.

SPICED EGGNOG RUM COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg, 1/3 cup eggnog and 1 teaspoon extract. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, ginger and allspice; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half and shape each portion into a disk; cover and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/4-in. star-shaped cookie cutter. Place stars 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets., Bake until edges begin to brown, 8-10 minutes. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. For glaze, mix confectioners' sugar, remaining 3/4 teaspoon extract and enough remaining eggnog to achieve a drizzling consistency; drizzle over cookies. Decorate as desired.

RUM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and butter until the mixture resembles cornmeal.
• Combine eggs, sugar, rum extract, almond extract, and nutmeg until well mixed.
• Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture. Stir until well blended.
• Divide the dough into two equal halves. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place dough on a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out until it is 1/8 inch thick. Using a cookie cutter cut the dough into cookies (whatever shapes you please).
• Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes.
• When cookies have cooled frost generously with Rum Flavored Icing if using.
• Rum Flavored Icing:.
• Heat butter and milk over a low heat. When melted remove from heat.
• Stir sugar and rum extract into the butter and milk mixture. Use hot water to thin the icing to your desired consistency.

RICH CHOCOLATE RUM COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and hazelnuts. In a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally. Stir in rum and cool. Whisk in eggs and stir in flour mixture. Chill dough, covered, 1 hour, or until firm enough to handle.
• Halve dough and on a sheet of wax paper form each half into a 10-inch log, using paper as a guide. Chill logs, wrapped in wax paper, 4 hours, or until firm.
• (After the dough has been formed into a log it can be kept in the refrigerator for one week or the freezer for one month. Thaw the frozen dough in the refrigerator until sliceable, about four hours.)
• Preheat oven to 350° F. and lightly butter 2 baking sheets.
• Cut logs into 1/2-inch-thick rounds and arrange about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven 8 minutes and transfer to racks. Cool cookies completely and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Makes about 36 cookies.