Cappuccino Cookies

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Title: Cappuccino Cookies
Categories: Dessert, Cookies, Posted-mm
Yield: 60 Servings

1 c Butter, softened
2 c Firmly packed brown sugar
2 tb Milk
2 tb Instant coffee granules
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Rum extract
1/2 ts Vanilla
4 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Salt
Chocolate sprinkles
-or- melted
Chocolate (optional)

BEAT butter in large bowl with electric mixer at
medium speed until smooth. Add sugar; beat until well
blended.

HEAT milk in small saucepan over low heat; add coffee
granules, stirring to dissolve. Add milk mixture,
eggs, rum extract and vanilla to butter mixture. Beat
at medium speed until well blended.

COMBINE flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt in large
bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture,
beating at low speed after each addition until blended.

SHAPE dough into 2 logs, about 8 inches long and 2
inches in diameter. (Dough will be soft; sprinkle
lightly with flour if too sticky to handle.)

ROLL logs in chocolate sprinkles, if desired, coating
evenly ('/3 cup sprinkles per roll). Or, leave rolls
plain and dip cookies in melted chocolate after
baking. Wrap each log in plastic wrap; refrigerate
overnight.

PREHEAT oven to 350"F. Grease cookie sheets. Cut rolls
into '/4-inch-thick slices; place 1 inch apart on
cookie sheets. (Keep unbaked rolls and sliced cookies
chilled until ready to bake.)

BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer
to wire racks to cool. Dip plain cookies in melted
semisweet or white chocolate, if desired. Store in
airtight container.

Makes about 60 cookies

*To dip 24 cookies, melt 1 cup chocolate chips in
small saucepan over very low heat until smooth.

From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net

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