Sugar And Spice Butter Balls Food

SUGAR AND SPICE BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Cream together the butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla
• Slowly add the flour, nutmeg, and salt and mix just until combined
• Stir in the nuts
• Scoop into 1" balls and round them smooth between your hands
• Bake 10-12 minutes, until cookies are set but not browned
• While the cookies are baking, place the remaining cup of powdered sugar in a small bowl
• Let the cookies cool on the tray for a minute or two
• Roll the warm cookies in powdered sugar and set on a cooling rack. Once cool, roll them once or twice more in powdered sugar
• Store in an airtight container

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.

SPICE SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter.
• Add all other ingredients, except the powdered sugar and spice drops.
• Mix well.
• Shape into 1" balls around spice drops and place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees 15 minutes.
• Cool and roll in powdered sugar.