Nut Balls

Nut Balls

1 ½ cups finely chopped/ground nut

 (hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, etc.)

1 cup sifted flour

2 tablespoons sugar

½ cup soft butter

¼ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Confectioner’s sugar

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Combine all ingredients except confectioner’s sugar in a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.   Refrigerate dough for at least one-half hour.   Form Dough into 1 inch balls, place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 15-20 min, until set but not brown.   Cool partially on cooling rack and roll in confectioner’s sugar while warm. Re-roll in sugar just before serving.

I baked my cookies before freezing them. Also, I used walnuts in half the cookies and pecans in the other half.  I have no ideas which are which at this point. J

Thaw.   Re-roll in confectioner’s sugar just before serving.