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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11 Responses to “Pumpkin Pie Snickerdoodle Bars”

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Pam — November 13, 2009 at 3:22 pm

These look amazing! I’m trying not to lick my screen looking at these pictures.
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oneordinaryday — November 13, 2009 at 5:13 pm

I made these last winter and they were sooooo absolutely amazing. I purposely haven’t made them since because I would eat them all! Perfect holiday treat, aren’t they?
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Erin — November 13, 2009 at 6:52 pm

These sound really different, unique, and delicious!
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stephchows — November 13, 2009 at 8:11 pm

oh what i’d give for one of those as a snack right now! yum!!
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Heather — November 13, 2009 at 8:16 pm

OK, I have a weird question since I have texture issues.

I assume the pumpkin portion of this is similar in texture to pie filling (hence “Pumpkin Pie” part of the name)? Or is it more cake/bar-like?

These are so unique!
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nutmegnanny — November 13, 2009 at 9:28 pm

Mmmm pumpkin and snickerdoodle…I’m on board 🙂 I bet this is great. I love bar cookies. Easy and delicious!
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Ingrid — November 14, 2009 at 1:36 am

I start drooling everytime I see those yet for some odd reason I wind up just making the plain snickerdoodle version. I think it’s the kids thinking the plain one is perfection. They’ve actually told me not to mess with the recipe.
~ingrid
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Jen — November 14, 2009 at 11:05 pm

Yes Heather – it has a similar texture to pumpkin pie.
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Sweet and Savory — November 15, 2009 at 8:01 pm

This looks great. You have a good variety of appealing recipes. You can keep me busy baking for months.
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bcallegra — November 17, 2009 at 1:36 am

Hope you feel better – I suffered through the flu last month and it’s definitely amazing how quickly the crappy feelings hit you!
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Julia from Dozen Flours — November 18, 2009 at 8:09 pm

So glad you liked my recipe! 🙂