Ingredients:
1 Cup softened butter
1 Cup sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp whipping cream or milk
1 tsp rum extract
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/1 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Directions:
Cream the butter and sugar at medium speed.
Add egg, whipping cream (or milk), rum extract, and vanilla. Continue beating until well mixed.
Reduce speed to low. Add remaining ingredients and beat until incorporated.
Divide the dough and shape into two balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until the dough is firm (2-3 hours or overnight).
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Roll each dough ball in between two sheets of parchment paper. Cut them into desired shapes and place 1 inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. They don’t really rise or spread much, so don’t get too stressed about spacing.
Bake them for 8-10 minutes until the edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack and frost with your favorite frosting.
We make these cookies every year for Christmas! They are so delicious, and we often eat them before we get the chance to frost them! When do frost cookies, we make a homemade frosting. I would share a recipe, but it’s usually a bunch of powdered sugar, a little milk, vanilla extract, and some palm shortening. You can also add a little rum extract for the frosting on these. I just play around until it’s the consistency that I like.
Here are my favorite baking kitchen supplies:
Kitchen Aid (love for cookies)
NutriMill (love for bread)
Baking Sheet
Parchment Paper