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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10 Responses to “Pumpkin Pecan Pie Candy”

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Cathy — October 28, 2009 at 2:14 pm

yours looks awesome too!
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The Novice Chef — October 28, 2009 at 2:49 pm

I have now seen these on a few different blogs…guess I have to break down and make them soon! They just look so dang tasty!
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oneordinaryday — October 28, 2009 at 2:55 pm

These sound great. Do they have to be served chilled? I’m bookmarking to make for the holidays. Thanks!
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Jen — October 28, 2009 at 2:59 pm

I served them at room temp. They are just a bit more firm directly out of the fridge.
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We Are Not Martha — October 28, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Mmm! I’m always looking for new ways to bake/cook with pumpkin and these look fabulous. Great to put in a little tin for a holiday gift 🙂

Sues
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ellysaysopa — October 28, 2009 at 5:04 pm

These look great! I bet they would be great rolled in crushed graham crackers too. Mmm.
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Jen — October 28, 2009 at 5:26 pm

I was thinking that too Elly! I had some crushed graham crackers in the pantry, but I wanted to try them true to the recipe for the first go at it.
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nutmegnanny — October 28, 2009 at 9:28 pm

They are so adorable:) You should submit them in a blog event another blogger and I started. They look so delicious!
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bridget {bake at 350} — October 31, 2009 at 12:43 pm

You were pumpkin-busy!!! YUM!
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Ingrid — November 2, 2009 at 6:59 pm

They look good but I’m not sure of the coconut, pecan, and pumpkin together.
~ingrid