Delicious and utterly soft cookies these Melting Moments literally melt in your mouth with each and every bite.
Is it entirely too early to be starting on Christmas posts? I’m totally not sorry though. I think once Halloween is over and done with that Thanksgiving and Christmas is a free for all!
In reality cookies are good any time of the year. Especially when they are these amazing Melting Moment Cookies! Sweet, soft and a simple cookie that truly melts in your mouth!
I can’t tell you how addictingly delicious these are. They have and always will be my absolute favorite cookie ever. Nothing ever compares to them.
They are the simplest of cookie, but that’s what makes them so extremely good. Like 5 ingredients total make the cookie itself. And did I mention they are super quick?
Do you guy’s have any Christmas traditions? I would love to hear about them. We always do Christmas Eve at my moms, and that’s when Santa comes to visit as well. He usually leaves the presents in the closet or in the basement somewhere so he eludes the children in not being able to see him bring the gifts.
WHAT INGREDIENTS DO YOU NEED?
- Butter
- Cornstarch
- Almond extract
- Powdered sugar
- Self-rising flour
- Milk
- Butter
- Food coloring
When you can make cookies that are frosted and flavorful with that little ingredients then we must be doing something right! These are one of the fastest eaten cookies around the holidays.
They are the one cookie that I include in ALL of my goodie boxes that I give out to friends and family because they are the most requested and for good reason.
HOW DO YOU MAKE MELTING MOMENT COOKIES?
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In bowl cream together your butter, powdered sugar and almond until combined.
- Sift together your flour and cornstarch and add to your butter mixture and mix well.
- Roll into a little larger than 1″ balls and place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes or until bottoms are just starting to brown.
- Remove from oven and gently place on cooling rack.
- Meanwhile to make your glaze, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, butter and almond extract. Stir in enough food coloring to reach desired color.
- Drizzle a little bit of icing over tops of each cookie and sprinkle with sprinkles if desired.
- Let icing harden a few minute before serving.
These Melting Moment Cookies are the perfect cookie to bring to a get together or leave out for Santa. They are a dainty little cookie that like I said, literally melts in your mouth alongside the melting effect of the frosting the name really suits these cookies to a T.
So if you want that perfect cookie for the holidays that everyone will fall in love with then these Melting Moments cookies are the one you need to add to your baking line up!
There will not be any leftovers, I promise you that!
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Melting Moments
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup self-rising flour
Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbs milk
- 2 Tbs butter melted
- 1 tsp almond extract
- Food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In bowl cream together your butter, powdered sugar and almond until combined.
- Sift together your flour and cornstarch and add to your butter mixture and mix well.
- Roll into a little larger than 1" balls and place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes or until bottoms are just starting to brown.
- Remove from oven and gently place on cooling rack.
- Meanwhile to make your glaze, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, butter and almond extract. Stir in enough food coloring to reach desired color.
- Drizzle a little bit of icing over tops of each cookie and sprinkle with sprinkles if desired.
- Let icing harden a few minute before serving.
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Nutrition
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Linda
Do you put almond extract or vanilla in cookies. The detailed instructions say vanilla but ingredients say almond.
Tornadough Alli
Hi Linda, it’s supposed to be Almond. My recipe I have in our family cookbook has either extract so you can switch it out if you’d perfer or don’t have almond. I’ve switched it in the recipe. Thanks 🙂
Nancy
What do you do with the cornstarch?
Tornadough Alli
Hi Nancy, thank you for pointing out that I had left out the word cornstarch in the directions. You sift together your flour and cornstarch and mix it into butter mixture. I have since edited the recipe for that! Hope it helps 🙂
Dot
I will make these cookies with my 3 granddaughters for Christmas this year. Thanks so much.
Tornadough Alli
I’m glad you liked this! I’m happy you were able to find an adjustment that fit your flavor profile!
KKaren Dempster
HAny suggestions for substitutions when you never use/have “self rising flour”?
Tornadough Alli
Hi Karen. I’ve never made without self rising but to turn all purpose flour into self rising all you need to do is for every 1 cup of self rising flour in recipe add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt to your all purpose flour.
The Better Baker
Oh WOW! I love these! Will try them this holiday season . I’m already going strong making holiday foods/treats! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Weekend Potluck.