This recipe has won best of show, a blue ribbon and three white ribbons. 2 Cream 1 cup of the butter with the 1 teaspoon nutmeg and the white sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually mix in the flour.
Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets.
Let cookies cool then spread with frosting on tops and sides. Mark frosting with the tines of a fork to resemble bark on a log. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Cream 3 tablespoons of the butter with 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and 1 teaspoon of the rum flavoring. Add the remainder of the confectioners' sugar alternately with the evaporated milk.