Meltaway Cookies now in a new, special Christmas Edition – in a little more festive suit, with a touch of Peppermint Buttercream Frosting and crispy little candy cane crumbs. And YES they DO melt in your mouth…do I need to say more ?
I like to think of Christmas as not only the season of carols, lights, sweets and Santa but also as the season of cookies.
Season of cookies….has a nice ring to it doesn’t it?
I think the reason that I eat so many different cookies at this time of year is because there are so many parties and special occasions to make them. And we all have a “special or must-have” cookie recipe in our recipe box, but do you have a Peppermint Meltaway Cookies recipe???
Probably not.
Well, You should definitely try it.
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Soooo easy to make, and as the title says – these Peppermint MeltAway Cookies literally melts in your mouth! Basically, Peppermint MeltAway Cookie is a “little more festive” close relative of the famous MeltAway Cookie, which makes it a beautiful Christmas cookie and will definitely make your Christmas cookie platter look very festive!
They are on my “must have” list at Christmas. I’ve had several people say, “I just can’t stop eating them”.
Peppermint Meltaway Cookies
Rate this RecipeIngredients
- COOKIE :
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1-1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- FROSTING:
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1-1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup candy canes or hard peppermint candy crushed
Instructions
- Combine butter, powdered sugar and peppermint extract in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. In a separate bowl, combine flour and cornstarch.
- Gradually add to creamed mixture and beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Cover and refrigerate until firm at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place it 2 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a small bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, milk and peppermint extract and beat until smooth.
- Spread over cooled cookies and immediately sprinkle with crushed candies.
- Store in an airtight container.
I have a little 9 year old who loves peppermint – hope she loves this Christmas gift.
These are very pretty cookies and perfect for the Christmas season, but they are quite dry. Maybe that is to be expected with the meltaway cookie- I am not familiar with them.
They were easy to make and, like I said, would look beautiful in a box of goodies for neighbors and friends, but just not a cookie that I thouroughly enjoyed.
Thank you for the recipe though and your pictures are lovely!
I’m going to try these for our special dance night.
How many does this make? And is there really no eggs?
These are delicious! I had to cook mine longer around 14-15 minutes, but maybe I made mine bigger. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe. Merry Christmas!
First of all, these are beautiful cookies (they really look festive). And they taste great! But I did have some problems… not sure what I did wrong. I followed the directions exactly. The only thing I changed was that I refrigerated the dough for about 3 hours instead of 1 hour. The dough ended up spreading a little during cooking on the bottoms of the cookie. Also they came out a little dry and very fragile. Like breaking in my hand when I picked them up to frost them.
I have tried these cookies and they are great. Do you know if I can substitute gluten free flour or would there need to be additional changes? Thank you
These cookies remind me of my Moms shortbread. A 1” ball however yields a much smaller cookie than shown in the photo. More mounded than flat, but I didn’t bring to room temperature after shaping. Likely only need 1-2tsp frosting per cookie.
How do these do as a make ahead and freeze?
I made these and are extremely rich butter cookie but I like them!
Great with coffee or tea!!