Name: Eggnog Thumbprints
Ingredients: 2/3 c Butter or margarine; 1/2 c Granulated sugar; 1/8 ts Ground nutmeg; 2 Egg yolks; 1 ts Vanilla; 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour; 2 Egg whites; slightly beaten; 1 c Walnuts; finely chopped; 1/4 c Butter or margarine; 1 c Powdered sugar; sifted; 1 ts Rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract; 1 ts Milk; (1 to 2); Ground nutmeg

[Paul’s] thrice-repeated prayer for the removal of the ailment was answered, not by his deliverance from it, but by his receiving the necessary grace to bear it – not simply to live with it but to be thankful for it. If his ministry was so effective despite this physical weakness, then the transcendent power was manifestly God’s, not his own. Infirmities like this were welcomed, together with the other hardships…if they were the condition on which the power of the risen Christ operated through him. They constantly reminded him not so much of his own inadequacy as of the total adequacy of Christ, in whom, when he was personally most weak, he knew himself to be most strong.

F.F. Bruce

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy		Cookies, Holiday	40	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2/3	c	Butter or margarine
1/2	c	Granulated sugar
1/8	ts	Ground nutmeg
2		Egg yolks
1	ts	Vanilla
1 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
2		Egg whites; slightly beaten
1	c	Walnuts; finely chopped
1/4	c	Butter or margarine
1	c	Powdered sugar; sifted
1	ts	Rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract
1	ts	Milk; (1 to 2)
		Ground nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

1. BEAT the 2/3 cup butter or margarine in a mixing bowl with an electric
mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar and the
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg: beat till combined. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
Beat in as much flour as you can. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden
spoon. If necessary, cover and chill dough about 1 hour or till easy to
handle.
2. SHAPE into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in egg whites, then in chopped
walnuts. Place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Press centers
with your thumb. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or till
edges are lightly browned, cool on wire racks.
3. FOR FILLING, beat the 1/4 cup butter or margarine till softened. Add
powdered sugar and beat till fluffy. Beat in rum or rum extract and enough
milk to make of spreading consistency. Spoon or pipe about 1/2 teaspoon
filling into center of each cookie. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
NOTES : Dust these delicious cookies as you would their namesake holiday
drink....with a sprinkling of ground nutmeg
Recipe by: Better Homes Christmas Cookies 1997
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 541 by "Marie Smith"
<craftee@sprynet.com> on Jan 17, 1998

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