Butternut Balls A Food

BUTTERNUTS

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
• 2. Blend in flour; mix well.
• 3. Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
• 4. Mix well by hand.
• 5. Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake in 325 F oven for 15- 20 minutes or until firm but not brown. Let cool on wire racks.
• 7. Make rum glaze. Mix the powdered sugar, rum extract, and milk until smooth.
• 8. You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies.
• 9. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and allow the glaze to set up.

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.

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS III

Steps:

• Melt peanut butter and butter in saucepan, over low heat. In large bowl, mix crispy rice cereal and confectioners' sugar well. Pour melted peanut butter and butter over cereal and sugar and blend together thoroughly.
• Form into 1 inch or smaller balls, spread on cookie sheets, chill till firm in refrigerator (over night is okay).
• Melt chocolate in double boiler and keep melted while working with balls. A teaspoon is best to use in dipping the balls in chocolate. Dip good and place on cookie sheet. As you dip them place them back on cookie sheet and keep chilled till firm.

BUTTER NUT BALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter.
• Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, unbeaten, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Form into balls the size of a walnut.
• Roll in slightly beaten egg whites.
• Then roll in chopped almonds.
• Press 1/4 cherry into center.
• Grease baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Smaller cookies can be baked at 25 minutes.
• Enjoy!

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.