Melting Moments Cookies are literally melting in your mouth. Cornstarch makes the magic. Very easy to bake. They make perfect edible gifts!
Melting Moments Cookies show up at almost every special occasion we celebrate with our family and friends. For one thing, these are so easy to make that even the youngest ones can make. Second, you don’t need many ingredients. You don’t even need to go shopping as I’m pretty sure that you already have all ingredients in your pantry. Well, there is nothing special in the ingredients list indeed. Another reason is that they have the advantage of freezing well. What makes these cookies so good is that they literally melt in your mouth!
Melting Moments Cookies can be found at every Turkish bakery as they are one of those very common cookies here. Not all of them are good though. Some of them are too dense and it’s even hard to eat them without drinking something. Good Melting Moments cookies must melt in your mouth. That’s what makes these cookies so irresistible. These are so darn good that you can’t stop once you have one.
I can hear you. You wonder what make these cookies that scrumptious and how they can melt in your mouth wonderfully. Well, it’s not the butter. Cornstarch is the magical ingredient in these cookies. It has an incredible effect on these cookies! I’m planning to make a chocolate version of these cookies soon and will definitely share the result with you. I’ve made Orange Flour Cookies before and they were amazingly yummy too thanks to cornstarch and orange flavor. I used less butter in them, go check the recipe out if you are after a lighter version.
This is an easy-to-bake eggless sweet treat that you can serve at five o’clock tea parties. These make perfect edible holiday gifts too. Putting extra powdered sugar in a separate bag in the package will make them even more special. Why don’t you make these Melting Moments Cookies for holidays this year and give your friends in some nice boxes? I just can’t think of a better gift! If you have enough time and patience and if you want to go a little more fancy, you can make some colorful Button Cookies, which really look like buttons and surprise your friends.
More edible gift ideas I’d love to try:
Rice Flour Jam Cookies on KurryLeaves
Brown Sugar Sea Salt Caramels on The Seaside Baker
Candied Almonds on Uproot from Oregon
Chocolate Toffee Popcorn on Jelly Toast
Heart Shaped Mini Cookies on You Too Can Cook
Melting Moments Cookies
These cookies are literally melting in your mouth! Simple. Easy. Scrumptious!
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Total Time: 58 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozens
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cornstarch and salt.
- In another bowl, mix butter and sugar with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add in vanilla extract.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until everything is well blended.
- You can do the same steps with your hands too. Just make sure you combine everything well.
- Chill the dough for half an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make mini balls from the dough and place on the baking sheet leaving about 1-inch space.
- Gently press a fork on the cookies to give them a nice shape. (See the video above)
- Bake for 13 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Sift powdered sugar on them.
These are everything you said they would be!
I’ve made these for 30 years – only difference is that I frost them with homemade cream cheese frosting.
I love melt in your mouth cookies. These look divine! 🙂
I have the dough chilling in the fridge at the moment and just noticed I accidentally mixed 1 cup of powdered sugar with butter instead of a half cup :s. How bad with this turn out for my cookies?
Are this the same as MELTAWAY CHRISTMAS COOKIES? What is the difference between these two? 🙂
Hi Ivana, I’m not 100% sure but as far as I know they are the same. Although the amounts might change, both cookies use the same ingredients.
Wow I’m going to try these out . They look amazing and can’t wait to try them. By the way would icing be a good idea for these cookies?
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Hi Divy, Thank you! Hope you love them as much as we do. I normally make them without icing, but it’s my personal taste. I think icing on them would be fine.
I love these cookies and I have made them 3 times now. I have replaced the “melting moments” recipe I had used before with yours. I spent my teenage years in Turkey with my family because my dad built hydroelectric dams there. It was many years ago, (I am very old now) I but I loved it and the food was scrumptious!
Hi Lisa! I’m so happy to hear you love my recipe that much! I hope these cookies remind you of some good memories here. Feel free to ask any question you have if you have a chance of trying my other recipes. Cheers from Turkey!
How many cookies does a recipe make?
Hi Zerrin
Melting Moments have always been a popular biscuit in Australia (maybe they arrived with Turkish immigrants in the 1950’s?).
The ingredients are the same as your recipe, but the quantities are different. The other difference is that we flatten them to about 1cm, and sandwich them together with this filling (instead of the powdered sugar on top):
150g powdered sugar
45g butter
18ml lemon juice
Beat everything together till smooth and creamy.
You can also substitute passionfruit pulp for the lemon juice.
Veronique
Hi Veronique, I didn’t know that it is popular in Australia too. Thank you for this comment and for the recipe you share here. I love the idea to sandwich the cookies. It sounds like a great version and will definitely try it. Cheers!
Hi!
I’m from Europe and we don’t use cups. So how much of butter is 1 cup? Thank you in advance!
Hi Marijana, you can use 225 grams butter.
Beautiful pictures! And I can imagine how good your cookies taste as well.
Thank you Adina! They taste really good and hope you have a chance to try.
Hey zerrin!
These are perfect! And very nice video also!!!
hi, i have my first batch in the oven, i am afraid i seem to have too much dry ingredients cause the dough is very crumbling i put it in the oven anyways.
i did want to ask is there anyway too remedy that in future?
if you have gone too far, what does one do if its too dry?
I made these and added 2 C chopped nuts and they make amazing Russian Tea Cakes!
Hi Sophia,
Thanks for sharing your experience! I sometimes add nuts to these but didn’t know they are called Russian Tea Cakes.
Can I use castor sugar instead of icing sugar
Yes you can.
What did I do wrong? No flavor. Couldn’t even finish eating one. My family agreed. Threw them all out. Is 1/2 cup of corn starch correct? I’d appreciate any input as I followed the recipe to the letter.
I’m sorry that you had an undesired result. Well, I’m not sure what you did wrong. This is one of the recipes I make quite often. 1/2 cup corn starch is correct and it is the ingredient that makes these cookies melt in your mouth. Did you watch the video right above the recipe? That might help you too.
I want to make these but wanted to add orange zest. How much zest would you recommend?
Hi Dawn! I’d add 2-3 tablespoons of orange zest. I have a recipe similar to these ones but flavored with orange. You might want to check it out: Orange Flour Cookies