Delicious Walnut Balls

Submitted by Chef Lady Valdez

"These are very easy to make and very good =). I got the recipe off of a Good Housekeeping magazine a couple of years ago."

 

• Ready In: 58mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 6 dozen

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) bag walnuts, chopped
• 1 1⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. In large bowl, w/ mixer on medium speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour and salt just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in walnuts.
3. Shape dough by rounded measuring teaspoons into 1-inch balls. Place balls, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 13-15 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
4. Place confectioners' sugar in pie plate. While cookies are hot, with metal spatula, transfer 4 or 5 cookies at a time to pie plate with confectioners' sugar. gently turn cookies w/ fork to generously coat with sugar. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
5. Repeat with remaining dough and confectioners' sugar. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar before serving if you like.