Butter Nut Balls Recipes

GREAT GRANDMA'S NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the cake flour, then fold in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 to 19 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool cookies completely before rolling in additional confectioners' sugar. If you are storing the cookies in a tin, add remaining sugar to the tin.

BUTTERNUT BALLS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour, salt and nuts; mix well.
• Form the stiff dough into egg shapes about 1-1/2 inches long. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 15 minutes. Cool on rack.
• Spread half of cookie with confectioners' sugar glaze or melted chocolate. If desired, sprinkle with coconut, chopped nuts, colored sugar or decors. Let sit until glaze is dry.
• To Make Confectioners' Sugar Glaze: Combine 1 cup unsifted confectioners' with the water. Stir until smooth.
• To Make Chocolate Glaze: Melt the chocolate chips in a double-boiler or in microwave (stir every 15 second) until melted. Pour slightly cooled glaze in a quart size freezer ziploc, snip tip of bag and drizzle over cookies.

BUTTERNUT BALLS - A

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• In large bowl, combine butter and powdered sugar and mix well.
• Add vanilla and beat.
• Add dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
• Form dough around pecan halves or chocolate kiss, enclosing nut or chocolate completely.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes.
• Cookies should not brown.
• Immediately drop into a bowl full of powdered sugar and roll to coat.
• Let cool on wire racks.
• When cool, roll in powdered sugar again.
• NOTE: the number of cookies depends on how big you make them.

BUTTER NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter, sugar and egg yolks until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, then the flour, and finally the walnuts.
• Roll dough into walnut sized balls, place them 2 inches apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be slightly brown. Cool and roll cookies in confectioners sugar.

BUTTER BALLS II

Steps:

• Beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, beat until fluffy. Add flour, and beat at low speed until well blended, stir in pecans.
• Shape into one inch balls. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) on an ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes. Remove and put on wire rack to cool. Roll in confectioners' sugar when cool.

BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Grind walnuts very fine. Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla.
• Add flour and nuts alternately. You may have to mix by using your hands to really get it all mixed together well.
• Roll into small balls, approximately 1-inch.
• Place on cookie sheet, ungreased. You can usually fit a lot of cookies on the cookie sheet because they do not spread that much.
• Bake at 250 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, have a bowl of powdered sugar ready for when the cookies come out of the oven.
• When cookies are brought out of the oven, allow to cool for maybe a minute until you can pick them up without breaking them. Roll in powdered sugar and place them on wax paper. Cool.
• I also like to roll them in powdered sugar a second time when they are completely cool.

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Directions for Candy Dish:, Dust a 9-inch heart-shaped pan with cornstarch and set aside. In a bowl, combine sugar, water and food coloring; mix with hands until the consistency of wet sand (see photo 1). Firmly pack into prepared pan (see photo 2). , Smooth the top surface and immediately invert onto an ungreased heavy-duty baking sheet. Tap top of pan to loosen; remove pan (see photo 3) and let dry for 4 hours. , When mixture is dry, carefully invert the heart. Using a spoon, gently scoop out soft sugar, leaving a 1/2-in.-thick shell (see photo 4). Smooth inside edge with fingertips. Dry candy dish at room temperature for 24 hours or in a 200° oven for 20 minutes. Cool completely on the baking sheet. , Transfer to a 12-in. serving platter or covered board. If desired, place silver ribbon on board around dish (see photo at far left). Fill dish with Peanut Butter Balls (recipe below) in foil cups if desired., Peanut Butter Balls:, In a bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter. Gradually add sugar; mix well. Shape level tablespoonfuls into balls; set aside. In a saucepan over low heat, melt candy coating. Dip peanut butter balls in chocolate; place on waxed paper to harden.

NOEL NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, pecans, confectioners' sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and honey until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in bourbon or orange juice just to combine. Add flour mixture, and beat just to combine. Turn out dough onto a piece of plastic, wrap tightly, and chill 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough, 2 teaspoons at a time, into balls. Place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until brown around edges, about 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely. Roll in confectioners' sugar to coat. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.