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 “Caramelized Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream”

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    Shannon — August 26, 2013 at 9:10 am

    oh i loved loved loved this ice cream. graham cracker chunks are a great addition!

    • beantownbaker — August 26th, 2013 @ 10:54 am

      We absolutely loved it too.

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    Nutmeg Nanny — August 26, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    Oh goodness, you couldn’t have put any more of my favorites together 🙂 this is perfect!!

    • beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 7:47 am

      It’s seriously so good.

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    Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — August 26, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    This is definitely one of my favorite ice creams from Jeni’s book, well seriously you can’t go wrong with any of them. Your adaptation looks fantastic!!

    • beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 7:48 am

      I completely agree. Everything I’ve made from her book has been fantastic.

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    Christina — August 27, 2013 at 9:38 am

    You are a genius. I read these every morning at work and i drool. You really need to write a book. I cannot keep up with all the DELICIOUS recipies!!!!

    Christina~

    • beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 10:05 am

      Aww, thanks! I feel your pain. My must-bake/cook list grows MUCH faster than I mark things off of it…

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