27928 Frosties….the perfect holiday cookie 1 1/2 hours 1 hour About 5 dozen cookies Thu Nov 05 22:10:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 22:29:20 -0800 2009 Easy American User http://www.chow.com/recipes/27928 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:29:20 GMT You’ll love these cookies because they’re sublime, buttery, and so easy…even kids (or guests) can have fun helping (they roll out like playdough). Plus, there’s no long list of ingredients, no complicated prep, and no mixers or food processors to clean afterward, so you’ll have more time to relax and savor the holidays! The dough and frosting will also chill happily in the fridge until you have time to bake another batch.

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  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large mixing bowl, with a spatula or large spoon, cream 1 cup butter with 1 Tb. vanilla, 1 Tb. rum extract, sugar, and egg.
  • Add 3 cups flour, nutmeg, and salt and continue stirring until dough forms and is smooth.
  • Lightly dust hands and counter with flour and begin rolling about 1/2 cup of dough at a time with your hands until the dough is about a 3/4 inch in diameter roll.
  • Cut roll into 2 inch lengths of cookies. Butter knives or any safe plastic knives work great. End pieces and mess-ups can easily be re-rolled again and again. Have fun with the dough because it smells great and is very user-friendly!
  • Place cookies on cookie sheets about 1/2 inch apart. They don’t really spread out while they bake, so you can bake several dozen at a time and no need for parchment paper or no-stick spray.
  • Bake 12–15 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned.
  • Cool cookies on paper towels or wire racks.
  • While cookies are baking and cooling, make frosting by stirring together 1 stick of butter with the remaining extracts and powdered sugar until smooth.
  • Place frosting in either a gallon size zipper food bag and cut off about 1/2 inch of one corner or use a decorating bag with 1M star tip.
  • Once cookies are completely cooled, pipe frosting in a mini-zigzag pattern on top of each cookie.
  • Decorate with red and/or green sugar spinkles on top of frosting.
  • Refrigerate unused dough and the frosting bag in separate zipper food bags for up to a week. Just let them come to room temperature before re-using.
    • ]]>     http://www.chow.com coonstance 54 Sweet/Dessert Cookie Dough Ingredients:

    ]]>     I cup butter (2 sticks), softened

    ]]>     1 Tb. vanilla extract

    ]]>     1 Tb. rum extract

    ]]>     3/4 cup sugar

    ]]>     1 egg

    ]]>     3 cups all-purpose flour

    ]]>     1 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

    ]]>     1/4 tsp. salt

    ]]>     About 1/4 cup extra flour for dusting hands and counter as needed

    ]]>     Frosting ingredients:

    ]]>     1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened

    ]]>     1 tsp. vanilla extract

    ]]>     1 Tb. rum extract

    ]]>     2 cups powdered sugar

    ]]>     red sugar sprinkles

    ]]>     green sugar sprinkles

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