PEPPERMINT MELTAWAYS
This recipe for peppermint meltaways is very pretty and festive-looking on a cookie platter. I often cover a plate of these peppermint cookies with red or green plastic wrap and a bright holiday bow in one corner. And yes, they really do melt in your mouth! -Denise Wheeler, Newaygo, Michigan
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield about 2-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. In another bowl, whisk flour and cornstarch; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or until firm enough to handle., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in milk, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over cookies; sprinkle with crushed candies. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 126 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 56mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
MINT MELTAWAYS
This recipe comes from a Betty Crocker cookie cookbook my aunt gave me for a birthday present when I was a kid. It was my first "grown up" cookbook, and little did she know, she started my collection! I like these because they use butter mints and give a mellow minty taste to the shortbread. Prep time includes chilling time.
Provided by Linorama
Categories Dessert
Time 1h33m
Yield 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- With electric mixer cream butter till light and fluffy.
- Add mints; mix well.
- Add flour; blend well at low speed.
- Cover and chill for 1 hour.
- On waxed paper, pat chilled dough to a 9-inch square.
- Sprinkle dough with sugar.
- Cut into 1-1/2" squares.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Using small cookie cuter or floured thimble, lightly press a design on the surface of each cookie.
- Bake at 325 for 15-18 minutes, or until pale golden brown.
- Do not overbake.
- Cool on cookie sheet 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
- Store tightly covered.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 862.1, Fat 62.2, SaturatedFat 39, Cholesterol 162.7, Sodium 437.5, Carbohydrate 67.8, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 4.5, Protein 9.2
CHOCOLATE MINT MELTAWAYS
from Bon Appetit Magazine, December 1990. Festive cookies spread with minted white chocolate and coated with dark chocolate. These have always been well received. The original recipe calls for piping the cookies out into ovals with the centers filled, but I found them very difficult to pipe, so I always hand-form them as described below. Also, I've always found that I can halve the ganache and have plenty for my taste. The chocolate coating amounts are just right.
Provided by jenpalombi
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 42 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For cookies: Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 2 heavy large cookie sheets. Using electric mixer, cream butter and extracts in medium bowl until light. Beat in sugar. Beat in half of flour. Stir in remaining flour. Roll the dough into small balls and flatten them slighty. Bake until golden brown on edges, about 12 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and cool.
- For ganache: Bring cream and butter to simmer in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth. Mix in extract. Refrigerate just until firm enough to spread, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with foil. Using small metal icing spatula, spread 1 teaspoon ganache over flat side 1 cookie. Arrange ganache side up on prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ganache is firm, about 30 minutes.
- For coating: Melt bittersweet chocolate and vegetable shortening in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from over water.
- Grasp cookie on sides and dip ganache side into bittersweet chocolate; shake cookie to remove excess chocolate. Place cookie on same sheet, chocolate side down. Repeat with remaining cookies. Chill until chocolate sets, 30 minutes. Remove cookies from foil.
- (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Refrigerate in single layers in airtight containers. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature before serving.).
CHOCOLATE MINT MELT-AWAYS
Steps:
- For cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 2 heavy large cookie sheets. Using electric mixer, cream butter and extracts in medium bowl until light. Beat in sugar. Beat in half of flour. Stir in remaining flour. Spoon half of dough into pastry bag fitted with no. 4 star tip. Pipe 2 1/2-inch-long ovals with solid centers on prepared cookie sheet, spacing cookies 1/2 inch apart. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake until golden brown on edges, about 12 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and cool.
- For ganache:
- Bring cream and butter to simmer in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth. Mix in extract. Refrigerate just until firm enough to spread, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with foil. Using small metal icing spatula, spread 1 teaspoon ganache over flat side 1 cookie. Arrange ganache side up on prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ganache is firm, about 30 minutes.
- For coating:
- Melt bittersweet chocolate and vegetable shortening in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from over water.
- Dip 1 end of 1 cookie into bittersweet chocolate. Grasp cookie on sides and dip ganache side into bittersweet chocolate; shake cookie to remove excess chocolate. Place cookie on same sheet, chocolate side down. Repeat with remaining cookies. Chill until chocolate sets, 30 minutes. Remove cookies from foil. (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Refrigerate in single layers in airtight containers. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature before serving.)
MELT-AWAY COOKIES
These cookies really do melt in your mouth! I got the recipe from TV Guide many, many years ago. We couldn't have Christmas cookie trays without them!
Provided by Ann Arber
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 25m
Yield 66 cookies, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
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.
PEPPERMINT MELTAWAYS MELTAWAY COOKIES
These cookies are so dainty and pretty that I served them at my daughter's birthday tea. When I make them during the year, I use multicolored sprinkles on top rather than the crushed candy canes. They are on my "must have" list at Christmas. They are always the first to go at a party. I've had several people say, "I just can't stop eating them". Best eaten within about 2 days of baking. Note that dough does need to be chilled for about an hour before baking.
Provided by Marg CaymanDesigns
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- FOR COOKIES, combine sugar, butter and 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract in large mixer bowl.
- Beat at medium speed until creamy (1 to 2 minutes).
- Reduce speed to low; add flour and cornstarch.
- Beat until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes).
- Cover; refrigerate until firm (30 to 60 minutes).
- Heat oven to 350°F Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Let stand 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
- Cool completely.
- FOR GLAZE, combine 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl.
- Stir in food color, if desired.
- Drizzle over cooled cookies.
- Immediately sprinkle with crushed candy.
- (I have found it is easier to put the crushed candy in a bowl and"dip" the top of cookies in them right after I frost them).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 149.8, Fat 8.7, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 23, Sodium 76.9, Carbohydrate 17.4, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 9.8, Protein 0.8
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