Melt Away Cookies

Cookies:

½ lb butter
¾ cup cornstarch
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 cup flour

Beat butter, add cornstarch, flour and sugar, beat until creamy. Drop by teaspoon fulls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes; frost when cool.

Frosting:

3 oz package cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
Cream cheese, add vanilla and powdered sugar, divide in half tint. Yields 40 cookies.

Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

 Little hands couldn't resist.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup loosely packed brown sugar

1 large egg

2  tsp vanilla extract

1 1/4 cup flour

3/4 cup oats (not quick-cook)

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup chocolate chunks

Directions:

In a small sauce pan, heat the butter, whisking constantly until browned.  Remove the saucepan from heat and continue to whisk for an additional 30 seconds.  Set aside and let the butter cool completely.

In a mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and oats.  Set aside.

Once the butter has cooled, mix it with the two sugars until combined.  Mix in the egg and vanilla.  Add the flour mixture and combine with hands until a dough forms.  Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a prepared baking sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes, or until the edges and bottoms are golden brown.

original recipe - http://www.bakedperfection.com/2011/10/pumpkin-snickerdoodles-and-giveaway.html

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle

Ingredients: 

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 
2 teaspoons cream of tartar 
1 teaspoon baking soda 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 
1 3/4 cups sugar, divided 
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 
1 large egg 
3/4 cup pumpkin puree 
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Directions:   

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda,  salt and pumpkin pie spice; set aside.  In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Add the egg and beat at medium speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Add the pumpkin puree and beat at medium speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds, scraping down the bowl as needed. 

Place the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon for rolling in a shallow bowl. Roll a heaping tablespoon of dough into a 1½-inch ball, roll the ball in the sugar mixture, and place it on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough, spacing the balls about 2 inches apart 

Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, until the edges are set and just beginning to brown but the centers are still soft and puffy, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets about 5 minutes; using a wide metal spatula, transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool to room temperature.