German Black Walnut Balls
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks) or 1 cup margarine (2 sticks)
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar (plus some additional)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 1 cup black walnut (chopped fine)
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar, salt, & vanilla till fluffy.
- Stir in flour.
- Add brandy (or drink it) & chopped nuts and mix well.
- Shape into 3/4" balls using 1/2 tablespoon dough per cookie and roll in additional powdered sugar before placing on cookie sheet.
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Emily Elizabeth
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Growing up, my mom didn't keep any junk food in the house so if I wanted something sweet I had to find a way to make it (or go to a friend's house)! I loved looking through my mom's recipe books and trying to find recipes that I could make. I baked a lot of home made bread from Betty Crocker's Big Red Book, and every holiday, my mom and I would make pies together from scratch. I didn't actually get interested in cooking main courses until I got married and realized that I had to actually put dinner on the table every night. Just as I was starting to get the hang of it, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in May of 2007. This meant that I had to learn a whole new way of cooking - gluten free. I have accepted this as a new challenge and have fallen even more in love with cooking and baking. There is nothing like the feeling I get when I have success with creating a new recipe! My inspiration usually comes from a craving for something that I can't have because it is not gluten free. I immediately go back to my kitchen and learn how to make it myself! I also focus on creating recipes with all natural ingredients and avoiding artificial or added sugars.