These incredible Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies have only 6 ingredients with no mixer needed! The best easy Christmas cookie recipe you will try!
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Incredibly Delicious Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies
Sometimes the simpler things are the best ones. These Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies may not look like much but each bite packs a punch of huge flavor of butter and vanilla with a crumbly melt in your mouth texture.
If you’re leaving cookies and milk out for Santa this year, I recommend these ones. He will give you much more generous gifts after having just a few.
I am a huge fan of baking with brown butter. It has a deep nutty taste that permeates the flour and creates a wonderful moist product. You can choose to dust them with confectioners sugar or leave them as is. I chose to dust them because it gives them a “snowed in” effect that is perfect for winter.
For these meltaway cookies, I rolled them into balls and then used a cookie stamp to create a cute flower pattern. You can do any shape you may like, although I do not recommend using cookie cutter since this dough tends to be on the sticky side.
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I hope you can try these delicious Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
Brown Butter Meltaway Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
- 2/3 cup confectioners sugar, sifted plus more for dusting
- 1 3/4 cup flour sifted
- 1 egg white
- Pinch powdered vanilla*
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Place butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Melt butter and whirl the pan occasionally
- When butter turns brown and develops a nutty aroma, remove from heat and strain into a bowl. Cool for a few minutes
- Add confectioners sugar and mix using a spatula or wooden spoon
- Add salt, vanilla, and egg white. Mix until combined
- Finally, add the flour little by little, mixing well
- Roll dough into balls and place them on a cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with your hands
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until tops are firm and the color is golden
- Remove from the oven and place the cookies on a cooling rack. Dust with confectioners sugar
- Enjoy!
Notes
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Hi. Thanks to you, I have changed my “to bake” list for the holidays ! Have a happy day !
Thank you so much for your kind words! hope you enjoy the recipe!
So, after the holidays are gone, I can say that these beauties really do melt away 🙂 I wish you have a healthy and prosperous 2017 !
Awww Thank you so much! I wish the same to you and your family! Hoping 2017 comes with peace, prosperity and many blessings