Butter Meltaways

Name: Butter Meltaways
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: about 4 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup canola oil; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; Additional sugar

Beech Grove, Indiana field editor Sue Call suggests, "Add variety to this recipe by substituting lemon flavoring for the vanilla plus a teaspoon of lemon peel."

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Additional sugar

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter, oil and sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Chill for several hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350°. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork dipped in flour; sprinkle with sugar. Bake 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 146 calories, 9g fat (3g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 68mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

Originally published as Butter Meltaways in Taste of Home August/September 1999

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laughsalot47

Feb 28, 2016

These cookies are so divine! I absolutely loved them and made them twice in a weeks' time. I have tried them by using the original recipe and also by adding the lemon extract and peel and both versions were excellent.
sazzlebury

Jun 9, 2015

The name may be a little confusing. It's mainly a good butter cookie, but kind of a butter/sugar cookie combo which is very cool! Like that they're not as sugar-coated!
wildflowerchild

May 2, 2015

Beyond yummy! I added 2 tablespoons of peanut butter (more or less, whatever you want) and bam! You've got peanut butter cookies :D
cruisingail

Dec 9, 2013

I truly love a sugar cookie that is crisp and melts in your mouth! This is a result of using confectioner sugar in the recipe. Excellent cookie Gail Borczyk, Field Editr
Kris Countryman

Jun 28, 2013

These metlaways really do melt in your mouth. They taste much like a shortbread. Very nice cookie.
gwashington1961

Jun 14, 2012

A fantastic, simple recipe - yielding 48 cookies/24 servings. The basic flavor is easy to do - switching the xtracts and using grated lemon peel. Etc.!
orthoRN

Dec 23, 2011

I have been making these cookies for years, and everyone loves them.
Shaye.Shaye

Jun 7, 2011

These cookies are execellent, my friends and co-workers love them. I make them all the time.
orthoRN

Jan 2, 2011

I have been making these for years. They are always a big hit.
andrea JENKINS

Nov 27, 2010

As I stated these are a wonderful cookie i do let them set a day or two they get better tasting with time, also i think i will try some lemon and the zest this as i'm now living in FL , Happy baking everyone ! by the way can anyone help me find a recipe called pistachio sticks, it's a short bread cookie that is dipped in chocolate on the ends and then in the nuts it came out awhile ago on the sister magazine Family Circle now is lost, which is also a great cookie.i have looked and can not find. please help thanks again