Grandma Elsie's Meltaway Cookies W/ flavor variations

Name: Grandma Elsie's Meltaway Cookies W/ flavor variations
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup margarine; 1 cup powdered sugar; 4 tsp vanilla extract; 4 cup flour; 1 additional powdered sugar (optional)

renee @renee1234

meltaways do exactly that,,, melt in your mouth! warm or cool these cookies are awesome and can be made in any flavor/color you like!

renee @renee1234

meltaways do exactly that,,, melt in your mouth! warm or cool these cookies are awesome and can be made in any flavor/color you like!

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cupmargarine
1 cuppowdered sugar
4 tspvanilla extract
4 cupflour
1additional powdered sugar (optional)

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Steps

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preheat oven to 350
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cream margarine sugar and vanilla.
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stir in flour 1 cup at a time.
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place in a tablespoon sized ball onto ungreased cookie sheet.
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bake about 15 min or until bottoms are golden.
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cool on wire rack.
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add a sprinkling of powdered sugar to the tops of cookies when cool if u like.
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store in airtight container.
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VARIATION:
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FOR MINT MELTAWAYS... add mint extract instead of vanilla and 30 drops of green dye.. make as normal.
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FOR STRAWBERRY MELTAWAYS: use strawberry extract instead of vanilla and add 30 drop red food color.. make as usual.
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FOR BANANA: use banana extract and yellow food color..
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SEE WHERE I'M GOING HERE?
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this makes about 40-50 cookies!
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feel free to combine. flavors into one cookie.. split the batch and take a pinch of each flavor and swirl them together in any pattern before baking.
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enjoy! :)

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renee @renee1234

on November 21, 2013 02:17

im 41 and a mom of 3 kids and 2 step kids.and one fiance jason.i love to cook and bake anything! i love trying new foods and new recipes.. and when i try something new with kids i always have a back up plan. i always try to come up with something new and interesting. im always changing my style cuz i love different.