German Black Walnut Balls
"This is an old recipe that my Gramps used to make (Great Grandpa). The cookies are not really sweet, but the flavor is wonderful all the same. It's definitely more of an adult cookie. I am guessing on the servings, so please let me know how many cookies it makes and I will post the correction. (I can't make them anymore with regular wheat flour since I have to make everything gluten free) UPDATE: I asked my mom if she ever substituted anything for the brandy and she said she rarely included it and just increased the vanilla to a tsp."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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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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Reviews
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can't wait to try this recipe!! i love black walnuts. can anything be substituted for the brandy???
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.
