Butterball Cookies Or Aka Wedding Cookies Food

PECAN BUTTERBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat
• Add in the sugar, flour, vanilla, salt and chopped pecans
• Mix all together to incorporate evenly and remove from heat
• Form small balls out of the dough and place on ungreased baking sheet
• Bake at 325F for 20 minutes, making sure they don't burn
• Remove from sheet and let cool
• Once cooled, roll in confectioners sugar until well coated

BUTTERBALL COOKIES OR AKA WEDDING COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter; gradually add confectioners sugar and the salt. Beat until light and fluffy. Add nuts and vanilla and blend in the flour, mixing well.
• Shape into balls, using about a teaspoon for each cookie. Place onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 15 or 20 minutes. Do Not Brown. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar. After they have completely cooled, roll in sugar again.
• Makes about 80 cookies.

ITALIAN BUTTERBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Beat together the butter and 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add the egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix into the butter mixture until just incorporated. Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on the prepared baking sheet spaced about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 10 minutes. Cool on the sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Spread the 1/4 cup confectioners sugar on a plate; roll the cooled cookies in the confectioners' sugar to coat.

BUTTER BALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter,sugar, salt and vanilla.
• Blend in flour and nuts.
• Scoop and roll into balls.
• Bake 325 for 22 to 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven roll into powdered sugar.

WEDDING COOKIES (SNOWBALLS, RUSSIAN TEA CAKES)

Steps:

• Blend softened butter with powdered sugar. Add vanilla.
• Mix in salt, baking powder, flour and chopped pecans.
• Form dough into 1 inch balls or flattened cookies and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in a 325 degree oven for 12 minutes, until firm but not brown. While hot roll in powdered sugar. Let cool and roll again in powdered sugar.