Looking for a delicious dessert? Then check out these pretty rum flavored butter cookies baked with a nutty twist – fill centre with colored frosting.
Rum-Pum-Pum Thumbprints
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 12
- Servings 54
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons rum extract
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- Food color, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, combine 1 cup butter and brown sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and 2 teaspoons rum extract; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour and nutmeg; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
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Step2Heat oven to 325°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. With thumb, make imprint in center of each cookie.
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Step3Bake at 325°F. for 11 to 14 minutes or until firm to the touch. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
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Step4In small bowl, blend all frosting ingredients until smooth, adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency. Spoon or pipe about 1/2 teaspoon frosting into center of each cookie.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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