Description
Melting Moments Christmas cookies offer delicate shortbread-style rounds with creamy vanilla filling. Festive treats from Australian bakeries provide sweet comfort during holiday celebrations that welcome family and friends.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 tbsps (226 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) cornstarch
- ¾ cup plus 1 tbsp (100 g / 3.5 oz) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) confectioners’ sugar (sifted) for topping
Instructions
- Preparation: Sift cornstarch, flour, and salt into a mixing bowl, creating a uniform dry ingredient blend.
- Creaming: Utilize an electric mixer to combine butter and confectioners’ sugar, whipping until the mixture becomes ethereal and voluminous, then incorporate vanilla extract, ensuring complete integration.
- Dough Formation: Gently fold dry ingredients into the butter mixture at low speed, creating a smooth, consistent dough that’s ready for shaping.
- Chilling and Positioning: Shape dough into uniform 1-inch balls, arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets with ample spacing, then refrigerate for 20 minutes to maintain structural integrity.
- Baking: Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C), transfer chilled cookie sheet, and bake for 11-12 minutes until edges transform into a golden-brown hue, signaling optimal doneness.
- Cooling and Finishing: Allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack; while still warm, dust generously with confectioners’ sugar, applying a second light coating once completely cooled.
- Storage: Preserve these delicate treats in an airtight container at room temperature, ensuring maximum freshness for up to one week.
Notes
- Chill Dough for Perfect Shape: Refrigerating cookie dough balls for 20 minutes prevents spreading and maintains the delicate round form during baking.
- Watch Baking Time Carefully: Golden brown edges indicate cookies are perfectly done; avoid overbaking to preserve their delicate, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
- Sugar Coating Technique: Dust cookies with powdered sugar while warm and again when completely cooled for a classic, festive snow-like appearance.
- Storage Secret: Keep cookies in an airtight container at room temperature to maintain their delicate texture and freshness for up to one week.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Global
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 147
- Sugar: 8.2 g
- Sodium: 0.1 mg
- Fat: 9.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.4 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg