Nutmeg Logs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. soft butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsp. rum flavoring
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg
3 c. sifted flour
nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt

Preparation

Cream butter with flavorings; gradually beat in sugar.
Blend in egg.
Sift flour, 1 teaspoon nutmeg and salt.
Add to butter mixture and mix well.
Shape pieces of dough on sugared board into long rolls 1/2-inch in diameter.
Cut in 3-inch lengths and put on buttered cookie sheets.
Bake in moderate oven (350\u00b0) 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool.
Spread frosting on top and sides of cookies. Mark with tines of fork to resemble bark.
Sprinkle with nutmeg.