Nutmeg Cookie Logs

These are fantastic, like eggnog in a cookie! My grandmother used to make these with this variation: Don't color the icing. After frosting the cookie, score lengthwise with fork tines, then sprinkle with nutmeg. Meant to look like snow-covered bark. Bigger kids can help frost and roll the logs.

Would give these cookies 10 stars if I could. Just WONDERFUL! I did use the nutmeg sprinkle on top (like the first reviewer) instead of the food coloring. I had 14 people over for Christmas Eve, and over a dozen different kinds of Christmas cookies (had help) and this one EVERYONE raved about. A definate keeper. Thanks Carol

I love nutmeg cookie logs! We have used this recipe for years and also don't color the frosting. We use a star tip to frost & also sprinkle with nutmeg. A holiday favorite

PLEASE do not color the icing! This cookie is meant to LOOK like a LOG; thus, score the icing with fork tines and sprinkle with nutmeg. Icing can't be too thin, or you won't accomplish the look of rough bark. I ship these off to my brother and sister every Christmas, as this cookie has been a family tradition. It has carried over to MY children. This is one of two cookies REQUIRED at Christmas. No rum in mine, and I actually use half unsalted butter, half margarine, which gives me the taste and texture I want.

OMG! This cookie is so simple, I didn't even have to make a trip to the store for anything. And WOW! These cookies, with the icing, have the perfect taste for Christmas. I'm taking them for dinner on Christmas Eve, and I should wait to get feedback before reviewing, but it doesn't matter what anyone else tells me, I'm making these cookies again and again.

These were great - I had just returned from St Lucia and wanted to make something using the fresh nutmeg I brought back. I used rum (also from St Lucia) instead of rum extract. I rolled them into logs and then put the ends together to make rings.

I have made these a few times over the course of 35 years, following a recipe that had the wrong amount of butter. They came out hard as a brick ! I made these with the correct amount of butter, and they were delicious and soft ! The right texture, absolutely perfect ! I will make these again and again !

I love these cookies! I omitted all rum, did not color the icing and sprinkled with nutmeg on top. The icing really makes this cookie.

My family has been making these cookies for Christmas for over 40 years. Only, we don't dye the frosting and we run a fork through the frosting and sprinkle with nutmeg. It gives it the appearance of a log and tastes spectacular! They are my absolute favorites!

These are a family staple during the holidays. I had lost the original family recipe, this is a very close version. I did not use any food coloring, and when making them. I also use the cookie press when making them instead of rolling into logs. Was very excited to have found this receipe

Excellent and easy! The flavor is unbeatable. I did not use red food coloring; they turned out great!

Great recipe--made as a gift for a friend as it is his childhood favorite. Made them about an inch and a half instead of recipe's 3 inch length, frosted, sprinkled with fresh nutmeg, then piped with green frosting for holly leaves with a cinnamon red hot center--very pretty for the holidays!

I make these every year. I sub out the rum flavoring for dark rum though.

Really good! For some reason my dough wouldn't roll into logs, so I just made them into little round cookies.

I am so happy to have found this recipe. I used to make these cookies at Christmas and lost the recipe many years ago. I would not use the red food coloring but the rest of the recipe looks exactly like the one I used. Can't wait to make these for the family again.

These cookies are fantastic! This is the exact recipe my mom used when I was a child 50 years ago! I omitted the food coloring. I also score the frosting lengthwise with fork tines then, sprinkled with nutmeg.