YIELD - Makes 3 dozen brown sugar cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter shortening (yes, you read right - "shortening")

1/4 cup buttermilk or water (yes, I have used water and it turns out ok)

1 large egg

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

Golden Glow Rum Butter Frosting (see below)

Procedure

Mix brown sugar, shortening, and buttermilk, and egg.

Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt.

Cover dough and stick it in the 'fridge for a bit.

Heat oven to 400. (Yep, that is 400) Drop dough by rounded teaspoonsful about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake until almost no indentation when you touch it. About 8-10 minutes.

Immediately remove. Let cool. Then frost.



Golden Glow Rum Butter Frosting

1/2 cup of butter

3 cups powdered sugar

enough rum to make spreadable (about 1/3 cup)

Procedure

Place the butter in small pan over low heat.

Wait until butter bubbles and begins to brown.

Stir while browning to keep from scorching.

Once golden remove from heat

Add powdered sugar and mix.

Add rum.

Lick fingers and frost cookies.

And have a rum and coke.