Nutmeg Logs

1 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoon rum flavoring
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream softened butter with the flavorings. Beat in the sugar, then mix in the egg. In a separate bowl, stir the flour, nutmeg, and salt. Mix with the butter/sugar mixture. Shape the resulting dough into snakes about 1/2 inch in diameter, and cut the pieces to 3 inches in length. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Frost with rum frosting. Make grooves in the frosting with a fork, and sprinkle ground nutmeg on the logs while the frosting is still moist.

Rum Frosting

1/3 cup soft butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoon rum flavoring
2 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Cream together butter, vanilla, and rum. Stir in sugar and milk and beat until creamy.

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A cookie maker for 30 years in Seattle Dec 18, 2003
Would make this again.
Very pretty, a different look than most round cookies, these were eaten first when brought to a xmas party vying with many other homemade cookies. They also stay fresh longer than most.

Debi Clark in Galena, Ohio Dec 14, 2003
Would make this again.
Every year I go to a cookie exchange and every year they ask me to bring these. They're delicious and easy to make.

A foodie in Texas Dec 17, 2002
Would make this again.
These are a Christmas tradition in our family in my family as long as I can remember. My grandmother made this cookie every Christmas. Now my sister and I make them for our families.

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