12 Days of Cookies – Butter Ball Cookies

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

12 Days of Cookies – Butter Ball Cookies

These cookies are very similar to the Chocolate Chip Snowballs I made on Day 6 of my 12 Days of Cookies, except they have no chocolate chips in them. I found this dough to be way too crumbly to form into balls. I had to add a little over a teaspoon of water to the dough to be able to work with it. These are one of my stepmom’s favorite holiday cookies, so I decided to add it to the 12 Days of Cookies. Again, I made a 1/2 batch and I got 12 cookies.

I took these to work and brought them to my last day of Spanish class (yes, I’m trying to learn Spanish. If anyone knows Spanish and wants to help me practice, let me know!) Our professor told us to bring treats if we wanted. My class only has 5 people in it, so this half batch provided the perfect number of cookies.

Butter Ball Cookies – from Cooks.com – makes 2 dozen1 1/2 c. nuts – I used walnuts
1 c. flour
2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. soft butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Powdered sugar

Chop nuts very fine. Put into mixing bowl.

Add all remaining ingredients (I creamed the butter and sugar, then added the rest of the ingredients and stirred by hand). Chill dough 1/2 hour.

Form dough 1 inch into balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes or until set (not brown).

Cool and roll in powdered sugar. Makes 2 dozen cookies.

My 12 Days of Cookies:Day 1: Lumberjacks
Day 2: Peppermint Sandies
Day 3: The great Sugar Cookie Debate
Day 4: Fudge
Day 5: Cranberry Orange Cookies
Day 6: Chocolate Chip Snowballs
Day 7: Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
Day 8: Snickerdoodles
Day 9: Candy Cane & Mint Kiss Cookies
Day 10: Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Cookies

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14 Responses to “Cranberry White Chocolate Cupcakes”

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theblogisthenewblack — October 25, 2010 at 11:22 am

Yum! And festive… I’m glad there’s another Boston blogger out there that loves making cupcakes as much as I do!!!! 🙂
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Lauren — October 25, 2010 at 12:04 pm

These cupcakes look amazing!! I love white chocolate, and the tart cranberry flavor sounds like a fantastic accompaniment :).
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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — October 25, 2010 at 12:30 pm

While I adore pumpkin, I think it is great that you did something different from the norm. The cranberry sauce filling looks really good!
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Carrie — October 25, 2010 at 12:59 pm

These look great! I have some cranberries I have been debating what to make.
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We Are Not Martha — October 25, 2010 at 1:13 pm

These are so beautiful! I love the idea of white chocolate cupcakes…. and cranberry sounds just perfect. Yum!

Sues
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Dani — October 25, 2010 at 3:16 pm

They’re beautiful and sound amazing!!
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Aimee — October 25, 2010 at 4:10 pm

Those look delicious! Love the flecks of color, and it is nice to step outside of pumpkin paradise once in awhile. Yum!
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Nutmeg Nanny — October 25, 2010 at 5:08 pm

These look amazing! I like that you did a recipe with cranberries…delicious! I have two frozen bags in my freezer calling my name 🙂
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Rachel @ The Avid Appetite — October 25, 2010 at 5:41 pm

What a great idea! I love this flavor combination. I agree that this is the best way to fill a cupcake…I’ve used it a few times now!
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Megan — October 25, 2010 at 6:28 pm

These cupcakes look gorgeous! Now I want to order Fiori di Sicilia from KAF. I did so good not letting myself buy it when we were there!
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Evan @swEEts — October 26, 2010 at 1:27 am

How fun! These cupcakes look delicious.. I don’t know why but I would have never thought about cranberry and cupcakes!?
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Shannon — October 26, 2010 at 10:02 pm

these sound fabulous, love the flavor combo!!
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Cara — October 26, 2010 at 10:25 pm

Great pics! These sound delicious 🙂
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Gia — November 25, 2014 at 7:43 pm

For some reason I am not seeing the recipes for the cranberry filling or mousse. Can you help me find them? Thank you!