Granny Smith's Eggnog Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 for cookies:.
• 2 sift together flour, salt, nutmeg and salt. cream butter, add sugar, cream until fluffy. add extract and mix, add egg and mix well. add sifted ingredients gradually and mix. chill thoroughly. preheat oven to 350 while chilling.
• 3 allow 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie, shape into balls and back 12-15 minutes in preheated oven. cool and frost with rum icing.
• 4 to make rum icing:.
• 5 cream butter, add extracts and mix. add powdered sugar gradually and mix well. add milk and mix.