Melting Moments

1 cup flour, all-purpose -- unsifted
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
cream cheese frosting (optional)

In bowl stir together first 3 ingredients. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until smooth. Beat in flour mixture and vanilla until well blended. Refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 325 F. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with a lightly floured fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until bottom is light golden brown. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Makes about 36

Reviews of Melting Moments :

1-3 of 3 reviews

A foodie in Wisconsin Dec 4, 2004
Would make this again.
These are similar to cookies my Mom and I made when I was little. We called them Meltaways - instead of frosting them we coated them in powdered sugar.

A foodie in Nova Scotia, Canada Nov 30, 2003
Would make this again.
I made these cookies and they really do melt in your mouth, I find that they are even more delectable than shortbread cookies. I added some crushed almonds to the recipe and after icing them with cream cheese icing I put a whole almond on each cookie ...mmmm good

A foodie in Canada Nov 28, 2002
Would make this again.
These cookies are aptly named! They are incredibly light and delicate and they really do just melt in your mouth. They are insanely easy to make! I didn't try them with the cream cheese frosting, but I believe that would be a nice enhancement. As I was eating them it also occurred to me that they would be nice dipped in chocolate. I had some freshly grated nutmeg left over from something else I just made, so I divided the dough in two and added the nutmeg to half the dough. It made a really nice flavor. I was considering making another batch, replacing the vanilla with rum, adding the nutmeg, and calling them Eggnog Melting Moments.

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