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Nutmeg Meltaways Recipe

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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

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Nutmeg Meltaways Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 30 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, 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

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour and 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.
In a shallow bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and nutmeg. Gently roll cooled cookies in sugar mixture. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 128 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 62 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Nutmeg Meltaways in Taste of Home December/January 1999, p39

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Reviewed on Sep. 12, 2012 by manga

took these to work and got a lot of compliments. Everyone liked them.

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2012 by trudypost

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.

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2011 by deb_heffletoe

So incredibly good, but very fragile cookies!