Nutmeg meltaways cookies
1 Batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter;(no substitute),softened |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| ¾ | cup | Ground almonds (about 3-ounxes);toasted |
| 1 | cup | Confectioners' sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Ground nutmeg |
Directions
In a mixing cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in almonds. Shape into 1-inch balls; place 2-inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 18 - 20 minutes r until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Combine confectioners' sugar and nutmeg. Gently rolled cooled cookies in sugar mixture. Yield : about 5 dozen.
Recipe by: Judy Burdette, Kettering , Ohio from the Monthly Recipe Swap, converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Petra Hildebrandt <phildeb@...> on Dec 06, 1999