1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 400F. Mix butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly. Measure flour and salt into a bowl, blend into butter mixture. Drop onto cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. While warm, dip in confectioners sugar.
Note: There are also variations for peppermint, almond, nut, spice and orange meltaways. Use your imagination and experiment!
Marga Dec 10, 2008
Would make this again.
wonderful added 1/2 cup pecan reduced1/2 flour
Chelsea in SLC, Utah Nov 15, 2008
Would make this again.
My Mom & I have been making these cookies for over 10 years, and they are still the family favorite. (even over the classic chocolate chip cookies!)
daddyo in Michigan Dec 24, 2007
Would make this again.
would make this again!!
added 1.5 teaspoon milk and 2.5 teaspoon orange juice.yummy !!!
Monique in Chicago Dec 23, 2007
Would make this again.
I've been making these for years. I use only room temp butter and cake flour. Sift all dry ingredients. The nuts are thrown in the food processor to make them a little bit smaller. remember, these are supposed to melt in your mouth. I use a melon baller and form the cookies into little mounds. Don't smash them flat. There should be some ridges for the powder sugar to hold onto. You want to bake in a 450 degree oven for 5 to 7 minutes until the peaks are light brown. Transfer to a cooling rack. While they're still warm, use a sifter to sprinkle powdered sugar on them. When your done you should have a cookie that's moist inside with almost a shell like texture on the outside. They should look like little blond mountains covered in snow.
These are the most requested cookies I make. Especially for Christmas. I read another reviewer's comment about this recipe coming from a cook book from the 60's. I found this recipe in the Food section in a newpaper in the 90s. A woman won $100,000.00 for this recipe in a bake off.
Sharon in Fort Coliins Colorado Dec 22, 2007
Would make this again.
There were so dang good, and easy to make. I used the cake flour and the milk and orange juice and they were to die for!!!!!
