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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12 Responses to “Caramel (Cup)Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting (Daring Bakers)”

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Speedbump Kitchen — November 29, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Great job! You’ll be hooked into the magic of caramel now!!
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Gretchen Noelle — November 29, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Perfect swirls on top! I am so impressed! Great job!
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CB — November 29, 2008 at 9:35 pm

Mmmm… cupcakes and caramel! YUMMY! I totally have to star this one for my baking bucket list!
/Clara
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Gail — November 30, 2008 at 4:23 am

Congratulations on a successful Db month – these cuppers look delicious!
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Joelen — November 30, 2008 at 6:25 am

I love that you chose to do cupcakes rather than a cake. (I prefer cupcakes and smaller portions anyday!) As for adding the salt – love the idea too! Great job 🙂
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Dolores — November 30, 2008 at 6:58 am

Beautiful cupcakes. Thanks for baking with us this month!
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Sheltie Girl — December 1, 2008 at 11:04 pm

Your cup cakes are simply beautiful. I love the swirly frosting on top.

Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
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Claire — December 2, 2008 at 3:43 am

Your swirls are perfect! Great job.
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sterling — December 2, 2008 at 5:24 am

Absolutely fantastic! They look great. Makes me wish I had made cupcakes 🙂
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Jen — December 2, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Thanks everyone. These qere quite tasty. Hubby said they were his favorite cupcake I’ve ever made!!
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Allergy Mom — December 2, 2008 at 4:49 pm

OOh, I love your swirly cuppy cakes! I wish I’d salted my caramal, too…
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~Amber~ — December 5, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Your cupcakes look delicious! Congratulations on a successful challenge.