Nutmeg Logs

By Tonya_Speed

Ingredients

• Cookie dough
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons rum extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• Frosting
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
• Nutmeg (optional)

Details

Servings 3
Adapted from savingdinner.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Stir in egg, vanilla and rum extracts. Stir until well blended.
In a separate bowl, stir together dry ingredients (flour and nutmeg). Add dry ingredients to moist ingredients and stir until all is incorporated.
Shape pieces of dough on lightly floured surface into long rolls approximately 1/2 inch in diameter. Cut logs into 2-3 inch lengths. (Like long Tootsie Rolls®.) Place mini logs onto baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes. While cookies are baking, prepare frosting. Cream together butter, vanilla and rum extracts. Alternately add 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon milk until all is incorporated and well blended.
Continue to mix until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Cool cookies and frost top and sides. Score frosting with fork tines to resemble tree bark and sprinkle with nutmeg as desired.