Summertime Fun Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water
• Blue food coloring
• Optional decorations: bear-shaped crackers, fish-shaped graham crackers, AirHeads candies, gummy sour rings, white sugar pearls and palm tree party picks

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in extracts and eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined
3. ; flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake until edges begin to brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire racks; cool completely.
4. For frosting, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, extract and enough water to reach desired consistency; tint blue with food coloring. Spread over cookies. Decorate as desired.

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Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/summertime-fun-cookies/ (may not work)