Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg or to taste
• For the filling -
• ¼ cup unsalted butter (softened)
• 1 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
• 1 teaspoon rum extract or to taste
• Nutmeg for garnish

Directions

• Directions
• Beat butter in large bowl of electric mixer until light; beat in sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and salt; beat well. Stir in flour and nutmeg until well mixed. Refrigerate dough, covered 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have ungreased baking sheets ready.
• Shape dough into 1-inch diameter balls. Place 2-inches apart on baking sheets. Press down centers with thumb. Bake until barely golden, about 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
• For filling, beat butter until light. Beat in confectioner’s sugar until fluffy. Add rum extract to taste. Beat well. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip with the filling. Pipe a star into the center of each cookie. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Chill until filling firms, 15 minutes.