Egg Nog Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Clabber Girl Baking Powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Filling:
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon rum or rum extract
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions:

Cream 3/4 cup butter with sugars and egg, vanilla and salt. Mix well. In a separate bowl combine flour and Clabber Girl Baking Powder, stir into creamed mixture; mix well.

Shape into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets, making thumbprint wells in center of each. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.

Filling:
Combine filling ingredients and spoon into cooled cookies. Sprinkle with nutmeg for garnish.
Makes 40 cookies