Name: Butterball Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup confectioners sugar; 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped; 1 tsp vanilla extract; pinch of sea salt; 1/2 cup confectioners sugar (for rolling)

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Butterball Cookies are a staple around my house for the holidays! They are so easy to make with butter, sugar, flour and chopped walnuts (or pecans)! They will be your new favorite holiday cookie too!

Ingredients Needed For Butterball Cookies

salted butter
all-purpose flour
confectioners sugar
walnuts
vanilla extract
sea salt

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How To Make Butterball Cookies

Like most of my recipes, these Butterball Cookies are very easy to make. They are a great cookie to make with kids too!

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients except for the last 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar.

If you have a food processor, I suggest using it to finely chop the walnuts. If you don’t have walnuts, pecans will also work. Also, sifting the flour and confectioners sugar really helps with the consistency but it’s not required.

Using a fork or pastry blender, mix all the ingredients until crumbly. You want the butter to still be somewhat firm to get the right crumbly consistency.

Measure out and roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on a parchment lined sheet pan.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350. While the cookies are baking, prepare a plate or shallow pan with the remaining 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar.

Remove the cookies from the oven and roll in the confectioners sugar while they are still warm. If they cool too much, the confectioners sugar may not stick to the cookie.

Store in an airtight container and/or freeze until ready to serve.

Enjoy!

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Butterball Cookies

Author: The Sweet Cucina
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 36 Servings 1x

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Ingredients

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1 cup salted butter
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup confectioners sugar (for rolling)

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients using a fork or pastry blender.
When the mixture is well blended and a crumbly, form into tablespoon sized balls, about 3 dozen.
Bake for 15 minutes.
While baking prepare a plate or shallow pan with the 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar.
Remove cookies from oven and roll in confectioners sugar while warm.
Enjoy!