Butter nut balls

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 14
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 248.2
  • Total Fat: 18.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 34.9 mg
  • Sodium: 93.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 18.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g

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Introduction

Grandma has made them for as long as I remember. Delicious. We usually have them in plain, green, and red for Xmas. Grandma has made them for as long as I remember. Delicious. We usually have them in plain, green, and red for Xmas.
Number of Servings: 14

Ingredients

    2C all-purpose enriched, bleached flour
    1C butter
    1t vanilla extract
    1C walnuts, chopped
    1/2C powdered sugar (4T for dough, remaining sugar for after baking)
    food coloring (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium sized bowl, cream butter and 4 T of powdered sugar together using electric mixer. Add salt and vanilla (and a few drops of food coloring to achieve desired color, if you would like). Mix briefly then add flour 1/2 C at a time at medium speed until smooth. Scrape dough off of beaters and add to bowl. Mix in nuts gently with wooden spoon. Roll dough into balls 1" - 1 1/2" in diameter (the same sized or slightly large than a quarter), handling dough as little as possible. Place on non-stick baking sheet and bake 10-15 minutes, until just barely PALE golden brown. Roll or dust in powdered sugar and let cool on counter.
Store with waxed paper or paper towel between layers in a tupperware container. This way the powdered sugar doesn't fall off and they don't break from bumping together too much.

Yields approximately 42 balls. Serving information is listed for 3 cookies.

Number of Servings: 14

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ONETALLBYTCH.