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Meltaway Cookies
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4.3 stars stars based on 47 reviews - 86% would make this again
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1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 400F. Mix butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly. Measure flour and salt into a bowl, blend into butter mixture. Drop onto cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. While warm, dip in confectioners sugar.
Note: There are also variations for peppermint, almond, nut, spice and orange meltaways. Use your imagination and experiment!
Reviews of Meltaway Cookies:
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A cookie baker Dec 9, 2012
Would not make this again.
These were not good. I added an egg bc they were too powdery. Then I tasted the dough and it tasted like flour. I added some more sugar but they still weren't great. I would not make them again. 1 star
A cookie baker Dec 4, 2011
Would make this again.
Not sure I would say there is any kind of "trick" to it. I made these with my 3 year old daughter (and with regular flour) and they turned about fantastic! 5 stars
I "Heart" Christmas Cookies in Wisconsin Oct 18, 2011
Would make this again.
I LOVE these cookies! Our family has been making them for decades! My mom would make these when I was a child, and I loved them so much, I make them every year now. We have a few variations. The cookie ingredients are exactly the same (we use regular/all-purpose flour), but we:
1 - Separate the dough & make some green and some red (with food coloring)
2 - We shape them into "fingers" (about 2-2.5 inches long)
3 – We bake them at 350 for 10-12 mins
4 – We dip them (just the tops) in a glaze (instead of powdered sugar)
5 – After the glaze, we dip them in (tinted) coconut.
*Because of varying tastes, I leave some plain (without glaze) and I leave some glazed (without coconut).
To make the glaze/frosting:
3 tbsp soft butter
1 ½ c. powdered sugar
3 Tbsp Milk
1 tsp vanilla
To Tint the Coconut:
Take approximately ½ c. flaked coconut and slowly add a little bit of the dry-power of a “red” jello (cherry, raspberry, etc.) until it has reached your desired color.
Take approximately ½ c. flaked coconut and slowly add a little bit of the dry-power of a “green” jello (lime) until it has reached your desired color.
Note: the jello does give a small hint of flavor, so you don’t want to use too much.
ENJOY! 5 stars
Sarah Jan 17, 2010
Would make this again.
There is a trick to making these cookies, you have to be experienced with baking in order to make these the right way. You should not make them with normal flour, you need to use cake flour. 5 stars
A cookie baker in Wisconsin Dec 22, 2009
Would make this again.
I have been making these for years. We make a powered sugar frosting to put on them instead of powered sugar dusted on them. 5 stars
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