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If you enjoy baking cookies, you'll love this recipe for nutmeg sprinkle cookies!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 1 egg, beaten

• 2 tsp. vanilla

• 2 tsp. rum flavoring

• 3 cups flour

• 1 tsp. nutmeg

Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the beaten egg, rum flavor and vanilla stirring together well. Sift flour and nutmeg together and add to the wet ingredients. Sir until thoroughly combined. Shape dough into 1” balls and flatten slightly with either a fork or the bottom of a sugared glass. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes

Frosting

• 1 Tbsp. butter

• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

• 1 tsp. rum flavoring

• 2 cups powdered sugar

For the frosting, blend together the butter, vanilla, and rum flavoring. Slowly add the powdered sugar until you get the desired frosting consistency. Frost the cooled cookies and sprinkle each one with a bit of ground nutmeg. Recipe makes 4 dozen iced cookies.

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