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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8 Responses to “Strawberry Hand Pies”

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    Sherry G — June 30, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I’ve had fruit hand pies on my to-bake list as well. I haven’t spotted a strawberry version until now, and these look very tasty! 9 1/2 cups of flour for the dough? Wow!

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    Jen — June 30, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    Sherry – Alton Brown gives all his recipes in ounces. So as the recipe states, it’s 9 1/2 ounces of flour, which is about 2 cups.

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    mamakrystal — June 30, 2010 at 3:21 pm

    These look fantastic!! I love your theme weeks!

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    nutmegnanny — June 30, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    These look great! I have yet to make homemade hand pies but I know I was always a fan of the Hostess ones. Hahaha not that same I’m sure 🙂

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    Memória — June 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    I must make this! perfect breakfast treat. Lovely hand pies. YUM!

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    jlb521 — July 8, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    These look great! I am making them this weekend, I cannot wait!! Whenever I am looking to bake something new, I ALWAYS check your blog and I ALWAYS find something spectacular to make!! Thank you for having such a wonderful blog, and thanks for sharing them!!
    Jen

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    yumventures — July 9, 2010 at 11:54 am

    these look so delicious! I love how easy (and delicious) they are to eat!

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    Christy Kindness — October 11, 2017 at 12:40 pm

    what kind of blueberries did you use wild or regular?

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