Name: BRANDIED BUTTERY WREATHS
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup sugar; 3/4 cup butter; 1 egg; 1 tsp nutmeg; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 tbs Orange Peel; 2 tbs brandy; 1/3 cup maraschino cherries (chopped); 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar; 2 tbs milk; 1 tbs brandy; 1/8 tsp nutmeg; maraschino cherries (( red and green ) drained cut into pieces or eights)

BRANDIED BUTTERY WREATHS

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Course Cookies, Desserts

Servings cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbs Orange Peel
2 tbs brandy
1/3 cup maraschino cherries chopped

Glaze

1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
2 tbs milk
1 tbs brandy
1/8 tsp nutmeg
maraschino cherries ( red and green ) drained cut into pieces or eights

Instructions

For Cookies:

Cream butter and sugar; Add egg and rum flavoring and mix; Add remaining ingredients and stir until dough forms
Roll dough into ropes and pinch into circles. Decorate with Maraschino Cherries
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, until tops feel dry to the touch but aren't brown Cool completely on racks

For Glaze:

Whisk together ingredients until smooth; Dip cool cookies upside down in the glaze and then let dry on a cooling rack; Lick the bowl clean 🙂

Notes

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