Nutmeg Meltaways

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"These cookies simply melt in you mouth, they make a great addition to any holiday cookie platter :)"

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: cookies (approx)

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (no substitutions)
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup finely ground almonds, toasted before grinding (about 3-oz)
• 1 cup icing sugar (confectioners)
• 1 tablespoon nutmeg

directions

1. Set oven to 300 degrees.
2. Grease a large baking sheet.
3. In a mixing bowl cream butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
4. Gradually add flour and mix well.
5. Stir in ground almonds.
6. Shape into 1-inch balls.
7. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheet/s.
8. Bake for about 18-20 minutes, or until bottoms are lightly browned.
9. Cool on wire racks.
10. In a small bowl combine icing sugar and nutmeg.
11. Gently roll cooled cookies in the sugar mixture.

Reviews

[Pamela J]

I messed up and added the nutmeg to the cookie mix, they still came out real good! A keeper!

 

[Moonchild64]

OMGoodness! I have searched forever for my Mama's Christmas Meltaway Cookies and lo and behold ... you have posted it here! The only thing different than Mama's is the nutmeg but I left it out for half the batch and added it for the 2nd half. Oops ... I also changed the ground almonds to ground pecans. We had pecan trees in our yard growing up so we used those nutmeats a lot. Thank you again for absolutely making my day!

 

[HokiesMom]

Kit - you just keep putting out these 5 star recipes! I made these for a church celebration service and they received rave reviews and many people commenting on how their moms used to make these or how they wanted the recipe! Made exactly as written - very simple to do, even beginner cooks can make these with ease. Tagged in 1.2.3 Hit Wonders 2008

 

[Darlene28]

Very tasty little treasures. Made these for chrismas 2006 and they were a big hit. They also froze well and I sprinkled them with icing sugar before serving them. Thank you for posting.

 

[dicentra]

These are YUMMY! I used less confectioner's sugar than called for and used sliced almonds (that I basically crushed up). These lovely cookies looked very nice on my xmas cookie tray. Thanks! :)