MELTING MOMENTS

250 grams butter, softened
80 grams icing sugar
220 grams cornflour
180 grams plain flour
1 teaspoon vanilla

preheat oven to 170 c.  line baking trays with baking paper.

using an electric mixer, beat the butter till creamy. beat in icing sugar and vanilla.

combine the flours and stir into butter mix.

roll into walnut sized balls (I weighed mine at 15 grams each).

place on trays.

cook for 12 - 15 mins.  should be just brown on bottoms.

cool on trays.

dust with snow powder.

I also piped strawberry flavoured icing on some and sprinkled with
pink decorating sugar.

SNOW POWDER

3 tablespoons icing sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornflour sifted
together.

STRAWBERRY ICING

1 cup icing sugar
strawberry essence to taste
cream

mix the icing sugar and essence together with enough cream to make
spreadable or thin enough to pipe.