Meltaway cookies are a soft, lightly sweet shortbread cookie that literally melts away in your mouth. Top it with a thin glaze and red and green sprinkles for a festive Christmas cookie treat. 
These meltaway cookies remind me of when I was working in a bakery about 8 years ago now. We made them a lot for weddings and such. They were actually quite popular and easy to make. 
Meltaway cookies are very basic — butter, powdered sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, salt and flour. NO EGGS OR BAKING SODA. The reason being, is that they are a shortbread cookie, not a sugar cookie, even though they look like one. 
The cornstarch and powdered sugar make these meltaway cookies literally melt away into a buttery pleasure of sweet powder in your mouth. 
The glaze on top adds just enough sweetness to the meltaway cookies to have a complete treat, and the red and green sprinkles are just for fun. These are great cookies for Christmas neighbor gifts! 
Christmas Meltaway Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks, or 14 Tbsp), room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 to 4 Tbsp milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla or almond extract
Optional
- red & green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream the butter with the powdered sugar and cornstarch. Add vanilla. Mix well.
- Combine the salt and flour. Add to the batter. Mix until dough clumps together.
- Scoop cookie dough onto silicone lined baking sheets. Flatten dough balls with the bottom of a measuring cup dipped in powdered sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 12 minutes until just set. Do not over-bake.
- Whisk together the ingredients for the glaze adding extra milk 1 tsp at a time until desired consistency. (Keep it slightly thick, a little milk goes a long way.) Spoon on top of cooled cookies.
- Immediately shake sprinkles on top of wet glaze. Allow glaze to harden. Store cookies in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Recipe Notes
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Oh yum! These cookies look so good! Pinned it to try later! 🙂
Thanks a bunch Becky!
Totally making these! They look amazing!
Awesome! I hope you love them!
These look delicious! Would I be able to cut out these cookies with my christmas cookie cutters?
I would try just a few and bake them and see how it goes. Keep the dough thick. Probably 1/2-inch. This cookie is more delicate than sugar cookies. Let me know how it goes!
1/2 cup of cornstarch? is that too much? isnt it usually tablespoons?
I know it seems like a lot, but that is the correct measurement. It’s one of the elements that make these cookies melt away in your mouth.
Perfect! Just wanted to double check. Can’t wait to try them later tonight 🙂
Butter shows 4 cups bit 1-1/2 sticks?
It says 3/4 (three-quarter) cups butter, which is 1 1/2 sticks or 14 Tablespoons.