Best 6 Crescent Meltaway Cookies Recipes

MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, egg yolks, vanilla, and almond extract together
• Add powdered sugar, flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Beat well. The dough will appear to be crumbly. Work it with your hands until it forms a ball.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place them on the baking sheet.
• Flatten each ball with your fingers or a flat glass cup. Lightly flour the bottom of the cup if itsticks.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly brown. Allow cooling.
• To prepare the frosting, beat powdered sugar, butter, and milk together. If it is toothick, add a little milk. If it is too thin, add a bit more powdered sugar
• When cookies are cool, frost, add sprinkles, and enjoy!

PECAN MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans. Refrigerate until chilled., Preheat oven to 350°. Roll into 1-in. balls and place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Roll warm cookies in additional confectioners' sugar; cool completely on wire racks. Roll cooled cookies again in confectioners' sugar.

PECAN CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour. Stir in pecans., Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 2-1/2-in. logs and shape into crescents. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 325° for 20-22 minutes or until set and bottoms are lightly browned. Let stand for 2-3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

CRESCENT MELTAWAY COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• 1-Blend cottage cheese and butter 2- Stir in flour (use dough hooks) 3-Divide into thirds, put in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight 4-Roll into 1/8" thick circle 5-Brush with melted butter 6-Sprinkle with brown sugar (3-4 Tbl), then regular sugar (2 Tbl), then cinnamon (2 tsp) 7-Cut into 12-16 pie shaped wedges 8-Beginning at outer edge, roll up tightly to center 9-Place point side down on parchment covered cookie sheet 10-Beat egg yolk with water and brush tops of cookies 11-Bake 375 for 15 mins

CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• Put butter, lard, and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg yolks, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour. Flatten dough into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. Let disk of dough stand at room temperature just until soft enough to roll, about 10 minutes. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 3-inch crescent-shaped cookie cutter. Transfer cut cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets and chill until firm, about 20 minutes. Reroll scraps; cut shapes.
• Bake, switching positions of sheets and rotating halfway through, until edges turn golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread flat side of half the cookies with 1 teaspoon raspberry jam each; sandwich with remaining cookies.

MELT-AWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar,and flavorings until light and fluffy.
• Add flour.
• Mix on LOW until blended.
• Drop by teaspoons on UNGREASED cookie sheet, 2" apart.
• Bake at 400 for 8 minutes.
• Let cool 2 minutes.
• Roll in sugar.
• When cool, roll again.