Real Recipes From Real Home Cooks ®

cecile's rich butter balls

Recipe by
Chris Cunningham
Lake Elmo, MN

I got this recipe from an old friend of my mother. She would put out a select few cookies and appetizers at the holidays and would carefully dole them out to the children of her friends. They were always good and always easy to make as I found out when my mother inherited her recipe box. As always (being from Missouri) using black walnuts as all or part of the nuts in this recipe will make it much better!

prep time 10 Hr 15 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cecile's rich butter balls

  • 1/2 lb
    butter
  • 4 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 2 c
    ground walnuts
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 c
    powdered sugar (or so)

How To Make cecile's rich butter balls

  • 1
    Combine all ingredients.
  • 2
    Wrap and chill the dough overnight in the refridgerator.
  • 3
    Using the palms of your hands, form dough into balls the size of a walnut.
  • 4
    Bake at 300 degrees F for about 20 minutes. Do not let brown.
  • 5
    Roll hot cookies in powdered sugar, then roll them again to coat them well.

Categories & Tags for Cecile's Rich Butter Balls:

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT