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Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to remain on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool.

RUMNOG PECAN COOKIES.

MAKES 24 COOKIES.

TIME: 45 MINUTES.

This grown-up holiday cookie spiked with rum and nutmeg still retains a sense of good old-fas.h.i.+oned fun, with its topping of lots of frosting and sprinkles. Before baking, the dough is rolled in crunchy pecans, and after cooling they're topped with creamy, rum-infused icing. The flavor improves after a few hours and the icing firms up, making them ideal for gift giving.

Cookies: cup canola oil

cup soy or rice milk

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1 tablespoon mola.s.ses

2 tablespoons dark rum

1 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cups all-purpose flour

cup cornstarch

1 teaspoons baking powder

teaspoon baking soda

teaspoon grated nutmeg

teaspoon ground cinnamon

teaspoon salt

1 cups coa.r.s.ely chopped pecans

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