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Blend flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a large bowl; put off to the side.
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Mix butter, sugar and egg until fully incorporated; Stir in buttermilk and vanilla.
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Add flour mixture little by little, stirring well with each addition, until fully incorporated. If you are adding nuts, add them now and mix just until incorporated. Allow the dough to chill for about an hour.
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Preheat oven to 400u00b0F.
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Using a teaspoon or a mini ice cream scoop, drop rounds of dough on your lightly greased cookie sheet, leaving at least 2 inches around each dough ball. If desired, sprinkle with a little extra cinnamon and nutmeg before baking.
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Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. The cookies will not be brown on top, but will have a slight toasty color on the bottom.
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Make the frosting. Place the butter, cream, vanilla, salt and 3 cups of the sugar in a the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low speed, adding the rest of the sugar bit by bit until the desired consistency is achieved.
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When the cookies are completely cool, spread with frosting. If desired, give Plymouth Rock a shout out by garnishing with candy rocks.
