Citrus Meltaways

Pucker up buttercup! These tender, crispy Citrus Meltaways are packed with bright, refreshing citrus flavor! They’re perfect for your holiday cookie tray and for upcoming citrus season!

Being in Florida for the winter, we certainly have our pick of gorgeous fruit, especially oranges, lemons and grapefruit, so I decided these Citrus Meltaways deserved a spot, front and center, on our holiday cookie tray this season.

If you’re new to meltaway cookies, they’re delicate, buttery cookies that are just perfect served with a nice hot cup of tea.

These citrus flavored meltaways are light and crispy and as their name states, they melt in your mouth. They’re loaded with fresh lemon and orange zest, so the citrus flavor is unmistakable. They’re bright and tangy and sure to tickle your fancy.

Citrus Meltaway Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
• almond flour
• confectioners’ sugar
• cornstarch
• salt
• unsalted butter
• shortening
• vanilla extract
• orange zest
• lemon zest
• granulated sugar

If you’ve got a non-chocolate fan at your house, I highly recommend these cookies. The dough takes less than 15 minutes to whip up and there’s no chilling time needed for these cookies, so you can bake up a batch in no time flat.

I’ll keep things short and sweet today because I know everyone is busy getting ready for the holidays! I’ll have one more recipe coming your way this Thursday before I sign off for Christmas, so stay tuned.

Hope you guys give these delicious cookies a try. Enjoy!

Citrus Meltaways

Author: MaryAnn Dwyer

Servings: 20 cookies

Print Recipe SaveSaved! Pin Recipe

Pucker up buttercup! These tender, crispy Citrus Meltaways are packed with bright, refreshing citrus flavor! They're perfect for your holiday cookie tray and for upcoming citrus season!

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 14 minutes mins

Total Time 29 minutes mins

Ingredients  

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup (one stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup shortening, room temperature, I use Crisco
• 2 tsp. fresh orange zest
• 2 tsp. fresh lemon zest
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar, for dipping

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, almonds, 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar, corn starch and salt until well combined. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment, combine butter and shortening. Beat on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add orange and lemon zest and vanilla extract and mix until combined. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the flour mixture, beating until you have a well combined ball of dough.
• Shape the dough into balls with a 1 1/2-inch cookie scooper and place on prepared tray, about 2 inches apart. Flatten each cookie with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in the granulated sugar.

  Bake for 12-14 minutes, until just lightly browned and firm when gently touched. Add the remaining confectioners' sugar to a shallow bowl or pie plate. While the cookies are warm, dip each cookie, top and bottom in the confectioners' sugar. Place cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

This recipe will make about 20 cookies using a 1 1/2-inch cookie scooper.

I use Crisco shortening for this recipe.

I bake the cookies at 325 degrees until the edges turn lightly brown, about 14-16 minutes, depending on your oven.

Keyword: citrus, citrus season, cookies, dessert, lemon, orange

Cuisine: American

Course: Dessert, Snack