Maple Meltaways
"A pretty cookie with a mellow Maple flavour, perfect for your Christmas trays.
I am posting this recipe for safe keeping. Of all the cookies my dear Aunt made for Christmas, this has been my favourite for many years."
photo by Chef Dee
- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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4 doz
ingredients
directions
- Beat the margarine, sugar and extract together.
- In a separate bowl, stir the flour and salt together, then beat into the margarine mixture until fluffy.
- Roll into 1-inch balls and place on a sprayed cookie sheet.
- Gently press a pecan half onto each cookie.
- Bake 12 minutes at 350°F; let cool slightly on pans before lifting onto cooling racks.
- Keeps 2 weeks in a covered tin, and freezes well.
- Note: This recipe does not call for eggs.
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This recipe was taken from The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook Hearst 1986. Their recipe calls for 1 cup of butter, no margarine. This is my sister's favorite cookie, I've made it for over 30 yrs. I got the cookbook as a Christmas present in 1989 from my former MIL. If you can find a copy of it, I do recommend it. It has great recipes and information for new home cooks. My tip on this cookie is to bake it on a shiny baking sheet on parchment paper until barely tinted light brown on the edges. This cookie isn't supposed to be dark brown like a chocolate chip cookie. I'm giving 4 stars because it's definitely better with the full cup of butter than the mix of butter and margarine. -
This is almost identical to the recipe I got from my mom years ago. The only differences are we use 1 cup butter instead of 1/2 margarine and 1/2 butter, and we make them as a drop cookie instead of rolling them into balls. It's nice to find a family favorite online. -
This one is definitely a 5 star cookie with my family. My sister absolutely loves them. I lost the recipe a few years ago when one of my children ruined my cookbook and am so happy to have found it again. Out of the hundreds of cookies I've made over the years this is one of the easiest and best tasting ones. -
Liked the flavor, but I followed the directions exactly and mine spread, did not stay round like the picture. -
Very, very good. Looked just like the picture. Very tasty.
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This is almost identical to the recipe I got from my mom years ago. The only differences are we use 1 cup butter instead of 1/2 margarine and 1/2 butter, and we make them as a drop cookie instead of rolling them into balls. It's nice to find a family favorite online.
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<p>My mother was known for her cooking and baking and I am so happy that I was able to pick up her great skills.</p>
<p>I enjoyed many years as a stay at home Mom, whipping up all sorts of large meals and baking of all kinds. Time does not permit many hours in the kitchen anymore, but I still like to entertain when possible and I am always searching for the latest greatest new recipe to add to my tried and true collection.</p>
