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BRANDIED BUTTERY WREATHS

Course Cookies, Desserts
Servings 24 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 :)

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