Friday, July 22, 2016

I got the recipe for these wonderful, tiny, little cookies more than 20 years ago.  A friend of mine brought them to share at work and had copies of the recipe ready to distribute, because she knew we’d ask for it.  They are very delicate and will crumble if you aren’t careful, hence the name Melt Aways.  The recipe yields about 60 cookies, so they are perfect for a crowd.  You can even tint the frosting blue or pink for precious baby shower treats or green and red for Christmas – I could go on and on!  The frosting is scrumptious, too… it’s made with cream cheese – need I say more!?!?  I make a double batch of frosting, because I may or may not eat a good portion of it with a spoon before it even reaches the cookies.  See, you aren’t shocked by this, though, because I already explained my complete love for frosting, and you totally get me.  🙂  Happy Friday, everyone!  I hope your day is wonderful!

Melt Aways

Ingredients:

2 sticks of butter

3/4 cup corn starch

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 cup flour

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat butter – add cornstarch, flour, sugar and beat until creamy.  Drop from teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet (make very small cookies).  Bake for 12 minutes.  Frost when cool.

For Frosting:

3 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions:

Beat until smooth.  Tip for decorating cookies – spoon frosting into plastic sandwich bag and cut small hole in one corner of bag.  Squeeze frosting from bag onto cookies.  Enjoy!

♥Tawnya