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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23 Responses to “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars”

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    hannah! — June 7, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    A slice of this? Yes please!

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    Sara — June 7, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Oh my…a slice? I’ll take the whole pan, please. 🙂

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    Cupcake Activist — June 7, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    I am a firm believer in combining foods that are great. The photos are making me drool!

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    yumventures — June 7, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    So amazingly decadent! I love these. So would my boyfriend 🙂

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    BeeKayRoot — June 8, 2010 at 3:18 am

    You should simply call these the “Yes, Please” bars.

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    Chocolate Shavings — June 8, 2010 at 9:37 am

    Those bars look perfect!

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    Amy — June 8, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Mmmmm, she said trying not to drool.

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    Taylor — June 8, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Yes please is right! I need to make these as soon as possible!

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    bridget {bake at 350} — June 8, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    Yours turned out so pretty! I’m so glad you liked them! 🙂

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    oneordinaryday — June 8, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Holy cow! I agree with your husband. I’d beg for those bars, for sure.

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    Mary — June 8, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    Oh, I say “yes please,” too! YUM! Those both sound and look delicious!!! A must make!

    xxMK
    Delightful Bitefuls

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    Ingrid — June 9, 2010 at 12:24 am

    I’ve seen these around and each time I think, MUST bake, soon! This time around is no different except I AM going to make these asap. Thanks for the shove, I mean nudge! 🙂
    ~ingrid

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    Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything} — June 9, 2010 at 3:43 am

    I’ve made these before and I still think about them. Your pictures are beautiful. I’m adding you to my blog list!

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    Amanda — June 9, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    wow! heavenly! –hoteles en veracruzt

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    steph — June 9, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    I’ll take two! These bars look great. I am saving the recipe!

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    Fun and Fearless in Beantown — June 9, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Wow, these look simply amazing! I think I would say “Yes Please” too!

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    Tia — June 10, 2010 at 4:49 am

    i just printed this off. SO excited to try it!

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    Ma What's 4 dinner — June 10, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    My family would go insane for this! Newest follower here!

    Lots of yummy love,
    Alex aka Ma, What’s For Dinner
    http://www.mawhats4dinner.com

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    cookies and cups — June 11, 2010 at 5:59 pm

    These are some of my favorite bars! Yours look great 🙂

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    We Are Not Martha — June 12, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Oh wow, these look absolutely delightful! I could probably eat a whole pan 🙂 Happy weekend!

    Sues

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    Amanda — June 18, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Yum, yum, yum! I could do some serious damage to those. They look heavenly.

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    Tyler — August 24, 2010 at 2:43 am

    I’ve been browsing your blog and these look delicious! Well, everything looks delicious but I’m a cheesecake girl and my husband is definitely a chocolate chip cookie kind of guy so I can’t wait to try these!

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    Rhondi — December 31, 2010 at 2:46 am

    I made these last week. They were amazing!

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