Frosted Butter Rum Brickle Bites

Name: Frosted Butter Rum Brickle Bites
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: about 4 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar; 2 teaspoons rum extract; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 package (8 ounces) brickle toffee bits; ICING:; 1/3 cup butter, cubed; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/2 teaspoon rum extract; 2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk

Total Time Prep: 35 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield about 4 dozen

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Test Kitchen Approved

The rum, real butter and toffee bits made these cookies my husband’s new favorite. If you’d like them less sweet, skip the frosting and sprinkle the cookies with confectioners’ sugar while still warm. —Cindy Nerat, Menominee, Michigan

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons rum extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 package (8 ounces) brickle toffee bits
ICING:
1/3 cup butter, cubed
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. Beat first 4 ingredients until blended. Beat in flour. Stir in toffee bits. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
Bake until edges are light brown and toffee bits begin to melt, 8-10 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar, rum extract and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread over cookies.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 112 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 89mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Recipe Creator

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