Dessert

Butter nut balls is for Dessert.

Butter nut balls takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Butter nut balls takes 10 minutes to cook.

Butter nut balls makes 14 servings.

The ingredients for Butter nut balls are:

2C all-purpose enriched, bleached flour
1C butter
1t vanilla extract
1C walnuts, chopped
1/2C powdered sugar (4T for dough, remaining sugar for after baking)
food coloring (optional)

Here is how you make Butter nut balls:

Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium sized bowl, cream butter and 4 T of powdered sugar together using electric mixer. Add salt and vanilla (and a few drops of food coloring to achieve desired color, if you would like). Mix briefly then add flour 1/2 C at a time at medium speed until smooth. Scrape dough off of beaters and add to bowl. Mix in nuts gently with wooden spoon. Roll dough into balls 1" - 1 1/2" in diameter (the same sized or slightly large than a quarter), handling dough as little as possible. Place on non-stick baking sheet and bake 10-15 minutes, until just barely PALE golden brown. Roll or dust in powdered sugar and let cool on counter. Store with waxed paper or paper towel between layers in a tupperware container. This way the powdered sugar doesn't fall off and they don't break from bumping together too much.Yields approximately 42 balls. Serving information is listed for 3 cookies.Number of Servings: 14Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ONETALLBYTCH.

The nutritional information for Butter nut balls is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 14
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 248.2

• Total Fat: 18.9 g
• Cholesterol: 34.9 mg
• Sodium: 93.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Protein: 1.4 g