Recipe - Eggnog Cookies

1 cup Butter
Three fourths cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 teaspoon Rum extract
1 Egg
2 cup Sifted flour
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Nutmeg

RUM FROSTING
One fourth cup Butter
1 One half teaspoon Rum extract; (up to 2
teaspoons)
2 cup Powdered sugar; (up to 2 1/2
cups)
2 teaspoon Milk; (up to 3 teaspoons)

Cream butter, add sugar and cream until fluffy. Add vanilla, rum extract
and egg. Mix well. Combine flour, nutmeg and salt. Add gradually to creamed
mixture and mix well. Chill throughly. Allowing 1 teaspoon of dough per
cookie, shape into balls. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 12 to 15
minutes in a 350 degree oven. Cool and frost with rum frosting. (recipe
below)

RUM FROSTING: Cream butter, add rum and mix well. Add confectioners' sugar
gradually and beat until smooth and creamy. Add milk as needed. Continue
beathing until smooth and creamy. (adjust ingredients until you reach a
smooth and creamy consistency). Use this mixture to frost cooled cookies.

Recipe by: Unknown source (Mom's Recipe)

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 494 by PLK1028 PLK1028@aol.com
on Jan 11, 1998