MELTAWAYS

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

Mix with hands until stiff. It will be slightly sticky. Using a little flour, roll into 1” balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Press thumb print into cookie and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool and then fill thumb print with cream cheese frosting – color of your choice. These cookies are very rich and fragile.

Holiday Variations:
Valentines – press two thumbprints into cookies to form a heart and then fill with pink frosting.
Easter – make thumbprint oval shaped and fill with frosting of various pastel colors to mimic Easter eggs.
Fourth of July – fill with red, white, and blue colored frosting.
Halloween – fill center with orange frosting and make green frosting stems to create a pumpkin.