Eggnog Shorties

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup soft unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 5 tablespoons dark rum
• ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 sift together the flour, nutmeg and salt in a medium sized bowl.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in the egg yolks and the extracts.
• 4 stir in the flour.
• 5 use a melon baller to scoop out cookies to an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 press them into a cross-hatch pattern with a wet fork.
• 7 bake at 350°f for 12 to 15 minutes.
• 8 let cool completely before icing- cream the butter, and mix in the icing sugar and rum.
• 9 spread onto the cookies with a knife.
• 10 sprinkle the iced cookies with a little nutmeg.