I wasn't able to follow this recipe exactly ( I made buttered bourbon meltaways with whole wheat flour and almond extract, not vanilla) but the cookies were still excellent- dry and crumbly in the best way possible. I was worried that 3/4 t of salt was too much, but it really deepens the flavor of the cookies. I found a serrated knife worked best for cutting the cookies. Make these and everyone will love you this holiday season.

These are delicious and have a gorgeous scent!

I gave them as gifts this year and was asked for the recipe by a person who tasted them at a gift recipient's home.

you add all the flour to the mixture at the same time - the 1 and 3/4 cups and the 2 tablespoons. a full two cups would have made the dough to dry, and crumble apart, so it's just shy of the 2 cups. If done this way, it does not stick to the parchment, no need to flour parchment paper anyway.

I don't know how someone could say these aren't sweet, they're drenched in powdered sugar......
The thought of run sounded weird to me but you don't taste a thing. Imagine a wonderfully spiced Christmas cookie with powdered sugar that crumbles into a powdery heaven in your mouth. This is going on my annual cookie list!

It may just be my taste, but these cookies were not as good as I had hoped. They were dry and not very sweet. I was sad because their title makes them sound so good.

In instruction 2 it tells us to fold, roll and PRESS dough into 1 1/4 inch log. because it said press, I decided to put the 2 T. flour on the parchment paper. I did not want the dough to stick to the paper. Works great. Best Wishes for the coming Holidays. Marlene

You shouldn't have any trouble using a regular mixer, or hand mixer with this recipe. You can actually do a good job of mixing the butter and sugar together with a hand whisk too. I have done that many times when I didn't want to get the biggie dirty. It all works.

I noticed the extra call for 2Tbl flour and no what to do with it either. I would think it could be to dust the parchment before rolling into logs. But parchment isn't supposed to stick hence the reason for using it in the first place. Humm, maybe we should be the editors of the recipes, or maybe we already are....lol

I do not have a Kitchen-Aid or other stand mixer with paddle attachment-has anyone tried to make this with a regular hand mixer? Success?

I think that the 2 tbls flour is supposed to be spread on each of the parchment papers as you divide the dough so it will not stick to the paper. They just forgot to say that in the instructions.

Do these cookies have to be rounds? Can they be shaped in to balls and cooked?

Do these cookies have to be rounds? Can they be shaped in to balls and cooked?

The recipe above lists 1 3/4 cups flour AND 2 tablespoons flour. I can find no reason for the division in the instructions. Am I missing something? THANKS!

I'm just so delighted with these. When small an older cousin made some Rum Balls, but she would not give out the recipe. So Thanks Martha, I say these are just as good as I rememer the Rum Balls. Keep up the good work!