Frosted Egg Nog Logs

[vernacular_life]

For Jamie! (and everyone else)


Frosted Egg Nog Logs

3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup butter or margarine (I always use butter)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon rum flavoring (I use 1 tablespoon of Rum)
Rum Frosting (see below)
Nutmeg for dusting
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Combine flour and nutmeg and set aside. Cream butter for 30 seconds; add sugar and beat until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, rum until combined. Gradually add in flour/nutmeg combination and mix well

Shape dough into 2-3 inch logs, about 1/2" wide. Arrange on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 15-17 minutes or just until lightly browned. Cool on a rack, then frost with Rum Frosting. (I'll often drag a fork on the top of the 'logs' to make it look like bark....totally optional, but cute!) Dust with additional nutmeg. These freeze well!

Rum Frosting:
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp rum
2 cups powdered sugar
2-3 tbsp milk

Combine butter, rum, vanilla and mix well. Add 1/2 cup sugar and mix. Add remainder of sugar in 1/2 cup increments, adding milk when needed. This makes JUST enough frosting for the cookies, so don't sample too much!

Comments

[banshee.livejournal.com]

ohh la la! i'm all over these. need rum. yes.

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

The recipe calls for rum flavoring, so that could certainly be substituted!

[jamiethetiger.livejournal.com]

Oooooooohhhhhhhhh....must. make.

Thank you for posting this.

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

These sound divine! Thanks for sharing!

[happy-blue-sky.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I followed you from quietloud's Journal and thought I'd say hi...I'm PaulsGirl from WC & CC. :) I love FLickr too (Paper Dolly over there), just discovered it! And if you don't mind...I'll follow along with your cookie recipes...:)