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Eggnog Logs

Meet the Cook: An older lady at church gave me this recipe. I always include these logs in holiday food gifts to family and friends. My husband (a Southern Pacific engineer) and I celebrated our silver anniversary just last summer. We have two daughters in their 20's. Our home is in a small town set amid some beautiful country - in fact, we can see Mt. Shasta from the dining room window!—

27 ServingsPrep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1-1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 to 1 teaspoon rum extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 to 1 teaspoon rum extract
2 tablespoons half-and-half cream
Ground nutmeg

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the nutmeg, egg and extracts;
mix thoroughly. Stir in flour. If necessary, chill dough for easier
handling.
On a lightly floured surface, shape dough into 1/2-in.-diameter
rolls; cut each into 3-in.-long pieces. Place 2 in. apart on
ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until
lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
For frosting, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add 2 cups sugar

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Eggnog Logs (continued)

Directions (continued)

and extracts; mix well. Beat in cream and remaining sugar. Frost
cookies. With tines of a small fork, make lines down the frosting to
simulate bark. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 2 cookies equals 205 calories, 9 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 89 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.