Christmas Meltaway Cookies + Video

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.

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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!

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Christmas Meltaway Cookies

Created by Amber Brady

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 8 minutes mins

Total: 18 minutes mins

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.   

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Ingredients

Cookies:

• ▢ ¾ cup (170 g) unsalted butter, (1 ½ sticks or 12 Tbsp) room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup (60 g) powdered sugar
• ▢ ½ cup (80 g) cornstarch
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla
• ▢ ¼ tsp salt
• ▢ 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)

Glaze:

• ▢ 1 ½ cups (180 g) powdered sugar
• ▢ 3 to 4 Tbsp milk
• ▢ ¼ tsp vanilla or almond extract

Optional:

• ▢ red & green sprinkles/nonpareils

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˚F 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.

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Nutrition Info.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 38mg | Sugar: 11g

Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.

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