Nutmeg Meltaways

By Addie

My family and friends have enjoyed these melt-in-your mouth cookies since I first began making them years ago. I love to bake and try to keep the cookie jar filled. For the holidays, the dusting of nutmeg is a tasty touch. --Judy Burdette Kettering, Ohio

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup ground almonds (about 3 ounces), toasted
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg

Preparation

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Gradually add flour; mix well. Stir in almonds. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 18-20 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

Combine confectioners' sugar and nutmeg. Gently roll cooled cookies in sugar mixture.

Yield: about 5 dozen.
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I took these to work and got a lot of compliments. Everyone liked them.

These were ok but not really worth the work in my opinion. The cookies took a lot longer than the 18-20 minutes to cook and I got less than 3 dozen even though the recipe states it makes 5 dozen.

So incredibly good, but very fragile cookies!