Butter Balls

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter, softened, no substitutes
• 4 cups walnuts or 4 cups pecans, very finely ground
• 8 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
• 4 cups flour
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 grind walnuts very fine. set aside.
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add vanilla.
• 4 add flour and nuts alternately. you may have to mix by using your hands to really get it all mixed together well.
• 5 roll into small balls, approximately 1-inch.
• 6 place on cookie sheet, ungreased. you can usually fit a lot of cookies on the cookie sheet because they do not spread that much.
• 7 bake at 250 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, have a bowl of powdered sugar ready for when the cookies come out of the oven.
• 9 when cookies are brought out of the oven, allow to cool for maybe a minute until you can pick them up without breaking them. roll in powdered sugar and place them on wax paper. cool.
• 10 i also like to roll them in powdered sugar a second time when they are completely cool.