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Nutmeg Cookie Logs

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Ingredients
  

COOKIES:

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup margarine or butter softened
  • 2 tsps vanilla
  • 2 tsps rum extract
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp nutmeg

FROSTING:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsps margarine or butter softened
  • 3/4 tsp rum extract
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp to 3half and half or mil
  • Nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • Combine sugar, margarine, vanilla, rum extract and egg; beat until light and fluffy.
  • Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.
  • Add flour and nutmeg; mix well.
  • Cover dough with plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes for easier handling.
  • Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • Divide dough into 12 pieces.
  • On floured surface, shape each piece of dough into long rope, ½” in diameter
  • and about 15” long.
  • Cut into 3” lengths; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
  • Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool.
  • In small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients except nutmeg, adding enough half-and-half for desired spreading consistency.
  • Spread on top and sides of cookies. If desired, mark frosting with tines of fork to resemble tree bark.
  • Sprinkle light with nutmeg.
  • Let stand until frosting is set before storing
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