Nutmeg Log Cookies
My friend, Mary MacVean gave me a gift of her Christmas cookies. I felt so lucky to taste these Nutmeg Logs, a recipe handed down from her mother. I had read all about them the previous year in her Los Angeles Times article. We made them in our 2011 Holiday Cookie Baking Class and everyone loved them.
Servings: 84 cookies
Calories: 49kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temp (2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbs rum or 2 tsp rum flavoring
- 1 tsp nutmeg freshly grated or ground if possible
- 3 cups sifted flour
Frosting
- 3 Tbs butter softened
- 1 Tbs rum or 1 tsp rum flavoring
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 2-3 Tbs milk
- 1 whole nutmeg for grating as decoration
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°. Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer. Beat in the egg, then the vanilla, rum and nutmeg.
- Slowly mix in the flour just until it is evenly incorporated.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into long logs one-half inch thick. Cut the logs into 3-inch lengths.
- Bake cookies about 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet until set and faintly colored around the edges, about 12 minutes. Do not let bottoms brown. Cool cookies on the rack.
- While cookies are baking, mix frosting in a medium bowl. Mix together the butter, rum, vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix in milk until consistency looks like a medium thick spreadable frosting.
- Place frosting into a piping bag with a small or flat tip or a ziploc bag with corner cut off. Pipe about 1/2 teaspoon frosting onto each cookie. Use fork to rake over the top to create a "bark-like" texture.
- Before the frosting sets, grate fresh nutmeg over each cookie. Store the cookies in an airtight container. The cookies can be stored up to 2 months in the freezer.
- ENJOY THIS RECIPE FROM FreshFoodinaFlash.com
Nutrition
Calories: 49kcal