Love & Best Dishes: Melting Moments Cookies Recipe | Easy Butter Cookie Recipe 

Who else is just no good at hiding sweets from yourself? Michael and I just can't help ourselves!

Amen Paula. Our recipes are our history. I grew up in Tennessee knowing them as melt-in-your-mouth cookies. Passed down in my family for a long time.

I've been making these since 1972. I got my recipe from a friend on Prince Edward Island. My recipe uses 1/2 cup corn starch and 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 2 cup of flour, and 1/4 tsp salt. I WOULD NEVER EVEN THINK OF LEAVING OUT THE CORN STARCH. It's what gives it the melt in your mouth texture. My recipe calls for kneading dough until cracks appear I rolling out between 2 pieces of wax paper on a cookie sheet, stick it in the freezer for 5-10 min. Cut out with cookie cutters and stick back in the freezer for a few minutes. This allows you to just pick up the dough enough to pop your cut cookies out of the dough without any distortion to your cookies. I put 2 of the same kind of rulers (1/4 --3/8 inch thick) one on each side of the dough and keep each end of the rolling pin on a ruler . Perfectly leveled dough for cutting. I bake mine at 325. They are done when the bottoms are a light brown. Overdone when the cookies are browned around the top edges. I pipe a rose in the center of the baked cookie and top the rose with a thin sliver of green or red candied cherries. (I use both.) These have been my favorite cookies for 50 years. The dough can be made ahead a few days and refrigerated.

Hi Paula. I’ve been making these delicious cookies for decades! Try this amount of flour ratio to the other ingredients: 2 sticks of unsalted butter, 1/3 C. Powdered sugar, 3/4 C. Corn starch & 1 C. PLUS 2 TBS of Flour. I roll them into small balls and bake @ 325 F for about 15 minutes. Frost with powdered sugar mixed with some fresh lemon juice to a semi- thin consistency. You can tint the icing any color if desired. With your finger, just brush on a little dollop of icing on top of each cookie. Let set til dry and then enjoy.

I love cookies like this. For Valentine's Day, you could tint the dough and the frosting, it would be pretty. I make shortbread and it is so good. It is not too sweet and so easy to make. 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 cups all purpose flour. I put it in a small bread pan or you can use a brownie pan. You pat it in the pan and use a fork to prick them before baking. Bake at 325 and let them cool, cut in squares. They are so good. I am going to have to try this recipe, I love a good cookie that is not really sweet because I am a diabetic, I do use the substitutes for diabetics. I found the recipe on Taste of Home 3 ingredient shortbread. Thank you for posting this recipe. I am going to have to try this. Love you.

Love ya Paula, I’ve been watching you since Door Knock Dinners! Love your personality, love that you are unafraid to speak about your Faith!

These are the cookies my mom used to make us as kids but she would put the cookie dough in a pastry bag with a star tip. Place them back in the frig for 15 mins then bake them. In Mexico they call these Pastisetas. Thank you for bringing back such wonderful memories.

Thank you so much Paula and Eddie. I always watch your videos everyday, as soon as get them

Paula, love your new look....the glasses really suit you...I really enjoy your whole team...Michael, Theresa & Eddy! Your new Home is over the top beautiful, love the show and most recipes! Joseph, Toronto

I just watched this and when you got to the frosting part I was saying to the monitor, cut the frosting into 3rds! make lemon, almond and orange!!! and even tho, this video is from the past you read my mind! i love it! thank you so much. i will have to make these cookies and i'm sure my husband will eat them all before i get just one :( i love you so much Miss Paula Deen. I have been watching you for MANY MANY MANY years (probably decades). so happy to have you here with me and teach me how to bake and cook!

I have made these for years they are so good. My grandmother made these for as long as I remember. I haven't made them in a while. Thanks for the reminder I am going to make some tonight.

Paula, how did you know I have been looking for a good butter 🧈 cookie recipe all week? Looking forward to trying this recipe! Thanks!

These are my favorite cookies my grandma made for Christmas. I like to make them at other times too. So few ingredients and easy to make. We just used powdered sugar and milk with food coloring for the icing. I love the way they just melt in your mouth. I can eat way more than 6 at a sitting I love them so much

The cornstarch is what makes melting moments unique! It totally transforms the texture.

Hi Paula great recipe I think maybe mixing it by hand instead of mixer might be why the cookies didn't do like the first time you made the cookies

I wonder if you refrigerate the batter for a half hour before cooking if they wouldn’t flatten out 🥰

Can’t wait to try these! I love any kind of cookie, especially one with so much butter! Yum!

I make similar cookies for Christmas - my recipe uses more cornstarch. I make them small, cool on a rack, and glaze with orange glaze - powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest. I glaze them twice since it's so delicious, and they melt in your mouth! Orange is the way to go!

Oh my heaven. I made these today and I added almond to the batter and a drop of rum flavor to the frosting and I used the flour for the first batch yes I had to make 2 batches and corn starch and mine did just what yours did. Second batch I did orange with zest u need to try that . Thank you

Have to make these...today! I am going to try a dab of apricot preserves. Or peach. Or both..lol. Have a great day ya'll!

Arrowroot powder is an excellent substitute for corn starch.

Hi Paula. We are in the middle of a snow blizzard here on Cape Cod Massachusetts with no power but we have a generator and I’m looking for something to do and came across your video of the cookies. Thank you so much for sharing. Take care❤️🌺

Looks sooooo good. Fun to make on a snowy day in PA.

I enjoy watching your channel, it is like being there in your home and we have been friends for a long time, you, Theresa, and Eddie keep me in stitiches.

Thank you Paula 🥰I am baking some of these cookies tonight. They look beautiful

These look delicious Paula. Thank you Rosemary ~

Thankyou.. love watching you cook.. ❤

Thanks Paula, looks great.

I make a similar cookie Ive had the recipe. Since. jr high they are old fashioned sand tarts my sister worked at a bakery in the 1970 s this cookie is super light and delicious.

You look gorgeous, Paula!!! Please do a video on all the vitamins, hair/skin products you use! I think you haven’t aged in decades!

Thank you so very much Paula for sharing the beauty of your home and fabulous recipes!! You are a darling.

Going to make these today, cold day in Fl. Love to bake on cold day’s

Yummy! OK gotta try these !

I definitely agree with you! It's so important that we bring these recipes on. ❤🙂

This Melting Moments Cookies recipe looks so delicious Paula.

Those cookies 🍪 look delicious 😋 and yummy 😋

I agree!! I’m trying to keep grandma’s recipes going!!! I made banana bread for the first time yesterday, oh how it brought me back… I’ve really been wanting butter cookies!! Been making a lot of cookies!! Oatmeal omg!! Brought me back to my momma.

When we made them we rolled into a very small ball and we used an orange glaze. Bites of heaven - they made lots and lots! The corn starch is a big part I think.

I make these for my son every Christmas and I do them plain, that is the way he loves them ❤

I love the sound of this

I adore her glasses!!

I have that same baking day tea towel plus the other six days o the week ❤️them.

I just made these .plows woke me up early ..its my new xmas cookie recipe. I used to make several kinds ..but have been looking for a recipe I could decorate dif ways..next xmas the thumbprint is getting jelly and powdered sugar, chocolate and frosting so the players will look pretty .

We love how your fans are also your friends!!

Thank you

I wonder if it was all purpose flour instead of self rising? Paula I love your videos! Biggest hugs from Arkansas

Thank you I needed some butter cookies for a baby shower. Love to see your recipes.

I don’t think you put the full cup of flour Ms. Paula. They look delicious though, and I absolutely love your glasses! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hey beautiful lady, I totally Love your kitchen, It’s AMAZING 😊❣️ I love to cook and bake it’s so cathartic!! Unfortunately I lost my house and now I live in an apartment, my kitchen is so tiny & I miss my beautiful kitchen 💔 but watching you makes me so happy am happy you are doing so well and still beautiful as ever!! All my Love and Best Dishes to you 😂 🥰

Paula, I double the recipe 😂

Can’t wait to try them. Paula where did you get the hutch that is displaying you blue willow plates. I LOVE it!!!

This recipe is similar to my grandma's except we use 3/4 cup cornstarch. Grandma's frosting is a browned-butter frosting with vanilla extract.

I would cream the butter and sugar with the mixer, add the flour and cornstarch by hand. That might help the dough not spreading. The ratio of butter to flour... Try refrigerating the dough!

How do we send our recipes to Mrs Paula??

I enjoy watching your videos!

I need to know... Do you really use an air fryer, Paula? Please answer my itching question! I can't bring myself to give up counter space for one. PS-sounds Luke a great recipe! 🤩

By the way paula did I mention I watch positively Paula every Monday on RFD TV?

Paula, you look so rested and ready for spring! Blessings!

Cookies looks delicious,and cup coffee.

Yummy

Love how precious you are to your friends ❤️

Those cookies look yummy

Sharing my chocolate chip cookie recipe it never fails perfect cookies every time. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 tsp kosher salt 3/4 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, divided 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 large egg yolks 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Preparation Preheat to 375°. Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside. Cook 1 stick butter in a large saucepan over medium heat, swirling often and scraping bottom of pan, until butter foams, then browns, about 4 minutes. Transfer butter to a large heatproof bowl and let cool 1 minute. Cut remaining 1/2 stick of butter into small pieces and add to brown butter Once butter is melted, add both sugars and whisk, breaking up any clumps, until sugar is incorporated and no lumps remain. Add egg and egg yolks and whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture is smooth, about 30 seconds. Whisk in vanilla. fold the reserved dry ingredients into butter mixture just until no dry spots remain, then fold in chocolate the dough will be soft but should hold its shape once scooped if it slumps or oozes after being scooped, stir dough back together several times and let rest 5-10 minutes until scoops hold their shape. portion out 16 balls of dough and divide between 2 parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Bake cookies, rotating sheets if cookies are browning very unevenly (otherwise, just leave them alone), until deep golden brown and firm around the edges, 8-10 minutes

Those cookies look good

My son prefers plain ❤

Cherry flavoring would be good too.

Love your videos, Paula! Keep them coming!

Paula share a simple but yummy oatmeal cookie recipe we can do with the kiddos.

Omgoodness... glad Michael burned the other beater 🤣💙 this one is not so noisy and fast. 🤣 Beautiful tea towels 💐💐 We love you Paula

My cookies are always the same with the corn starch ❤

You did add extra cream cheese....maybe thats why they spread out. Thanks for all you do!

Yum yum yummy!

You should try my frozen cranberry salad, It is better than ice cream. But you should leave out the freezer to soften it up before your cut it❤

I love that shirt! You always look beautiful Paula!

I couldn’t even make a nutter butter dump cake!! We had to get into the cookies!

Paula, we're twins 🤣...I'm also wearing a purple plaid shirt...AND LOVE BUTTER cookies!!!

Great recipe, I think I’ll substitute apple juice for the Mountain Dew! Thanks for sharing.

I use enough butter like my friend Paula❤

Yum

I think your sweet helper messed up on her measuring.🤫🤔

Cherry almond would be good on those cookies.

OK, I made em with self-rising flour but they fell apart the second I tried taking them off the cookie sheet. Just a bunch of crumbs. So cake pops it is!!

You didn’t do anything wrong. That’s the way the cookie bakes up…it is a thin very delicious cookie. The recipe was on the cornstarch box.

Maybe refrigerate the dough before baking?

You gave all the amounts, except how much flour. I can guesstimate, but I really am curious. They look delicious!

That towel cracked me up...I always think of that as well 🤣🤣🤣 😵‍💫.

I want those glasses, they are so cute.

I want more vegetable healthy recipes

i watched your show on melting moments, your dough needed more flour to make a stiffer dough!!! i usually use all flour, but might try them with a tablespoon of cornflour and see how they go!!! if they held their shape you could sift icing sugar on top, after they bake instead of icing!!! My terminology is Australian, but all the same ingredients!!! They really are Shortbreads without the icing on top!!!

Cashew pralines recipe please.

I double my recipe ❤

Lemon would be good

cool my friend 😊😊😊

Thumbprint cookie ; recipe in the Betty Crocker Cookbook

My mom loved melt aways so so much 😪

Shout-OUT PAULA‼️ I have The BEST Quick BUTTER Cookie EVER- 2 sticks of butter(Danish Creamery). 1 Egg- + extra Yoke. 1-Brick of cream cheese. (8oz). 5- TBS Sugar. 1- Pinch of Salt. 2- TBS Vanilla. CREAM with a Mixer for 3-5 minutes. Add- 2 CUPS FLOUR ( STIR till combined). *Chill for 1 hour or longer.. *ROLL dough out on light Flour *CUT into 3 inch Squares * fill w/ jam or cinnamon &sugar. * Pinch Two corners together. Bake 375• for 12 minutes till just barely lightly cooked - Cover W/ Powdered Sugar💕😋💕 Hope You Enjoy

What happened with the Almond frosting?

Paula Deen has lost a lot of weight. She looks so good.

I peeked ahead to see if it was going to have cornstarch. Sure enough….same recipe i first got when i was about 12-(1974ish).

Use jam in the thumbprint