Meltaway Cookies Food

MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream butter with an electric mixer until light. Gradually add the fructose and beat thoroughly. Beat in the almond extract, vanilla extract and water.
• Combine the flour, salt and pecans. Add to the creamed mixture, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Roll doll into date-sized balls and place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 13 to 14 minutes. Roll in confectioners' sugar while warm and then again once cool.

MELT-AWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar,and flavorings until light and fluffy.
• Add flour.
• Mix on LOW until blended.
• Drop by teaspoons on UNGREASED cookie sheet, 2" apart.
• Bake at 400 for 8 minutes.
• Let cool 2 minutes.
• Roll in sugar.
• When cool, roll again.

EGGNOG MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Put the almonds and 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process until very finely ground, about 2 minutes. Add the butter and process until smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Scrape the dough off the inside of the bowl if needed. Add the bourbon and rum and vanilla extracts and pulse until smooth. Add the flour and salt and pulse until the dough forms a ball.
• Roll mounded teaspoons of the dough into balls about 1 inch wide and place on the prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until the cookies are firm when gently pressed, completely dry and just beginning to crack at the top, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool the cookies on the sheets for 5 minutes; they will firm as they cool.
• Meanwhile, put the nutmeg and remaining 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar in a pie plate or wide baking dish and mix well. Toss the warm cookies very gently in the sugar mixture until evenly coated; the cookies need to be warm for the first coating of sugar to stick. Cool the cookies on a wire rack completely, about 30 minutes, then toss again in the sugar mixture so they are very white. Sprinkle with additional grated nutmeg.
• Store the cookies in a little bit of extra confectioners' sugar in an airtight container for up to a week.

MELT AWAY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cream butter until light and fluffy; beat in salt, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
• Gradually blend in confectioners' sugar then sifted flour.
• Chill for about 1 hour, or until dough is easier to handle.
• Preheat oven to 400 F.
• Shape dough into rolls about 3/4-inch in diameter, then cut into 3/4-inch lengths.
• Place, ends up, on ungreased baking sheets; press lightly with the bottom of a glass covered with a damp cloth. If desired, sprinkle cookies with colored sugar or granulated sugar.
• Bake at 400 F for about 10 minutes.

ORANGE MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
• Mix the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the butter and 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in orange extract, grated orange zest, and egg. Stir in the flour mixture, and blend well.
• Drop teaspoon-sized portions of dough about 2 inches apart onto the parchment lined baking sheets. The cookies will spread out to about 1 1/2 inches when baked.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 14 minutes, until the cookies are light brown. Remove from the oven, and sift remaining confectioners' sugar onto the hot cookies. Allow to cool, and store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour, corn starch, and confectioners' sugar. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and vanilla extract until smooth.
• Add flour mixture and begin mixing on low speed.
• Once mixture begins to get thick, increase speed to thoroughly mix until combined, scraping down sides.
• Scrape batter from beaters, and mix in chocolate chips with a large spoon.
• Refrigerate dough for 1 hour to firm up. (It's important that the dough be cold).
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls (no larger).
• Place 1-1/2 inches apart on lined baking sheet, flatten if desired., and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until bottom edges just barely begin to turn brown. (Do NOT over-bake)
• Cool on racks.
• Pour powdered sugar into a bowl or plastic baggie.
• Shake chocolate chip meltaway cookies in powdered sugar.
• Store in an airtight container.