Melting Moment Logs

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 8

Chill Time: 1 30

Total Time: 1 58

Servings: cookies

Calories: 121kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

These light and fluffy cookies are prepared with cornstarch, which is what gives them that melt-in-your-mouth texture. Simply flavoured with a bit of vanilla extract, confectioner's sugar, and butter, Melting Moment Logs are easy to prepare and must be featured in your holiday baking this year!

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cups confectioner's sugar, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Beat the butter and confectioner’s sugar until light and fluffy. Once the confectioner's sugar is beaten into the butter, beat the mixture on high speed for 4 minutes.
Add the vanilla extract and beat to combine.
Add the flour, cornstarch, and salt. Beat until well incorporated.
Divide the dough into 3 portions.
Roll portions of dough into logs until the dough reaches a diameter of about 1 inch. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.
After the hour has passed, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Working with one log at a time, remove the plastic wrap and slice the log into 1 inch increments. Place on the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1 inch of space between each cookie. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
To bake, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the baking sheet from the fridge and bake for 8 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies are just slightly browned.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 3 minutes on the baking pan. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and dust the tops liberally with the remaining cup of confectioner’s sugar.

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