Butter Nut Cookies Recipes

BUTTER BALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter,sugar, salt and vanilla.
• Blend in flour and nuts.
• Scoop and roll into balls.
• Bake 325 for 22 to 25 minutes.
• Remove from oven roll into powdered sugar.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place butternut squash halves cut-side down on a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender when pierced with a fork, 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool, about 15 minutes. Scoop flesh into a large bowl and mash until smooth.
• Mix flour, oats, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and shortening in a bowl until blended, about 30 seconds. Add white sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add mashed squash, egg, milk, and vanilla extract; beat thoroughly until dough is combined. Fold in flour mixture.
• Chill dough until firm, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Drop 1-inch scoops of dough onto the baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving.

NUTTY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 stick butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add oats, and cook, stirring, until toasted, 5 to 7 minutes. Spread oat mixture on a parchment-lined baking sheet; let cool.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and 1 teaspoon salt. Beat together remaining stick butter and the sugars with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Add egg, and beat until combined. Add nut butter, and beat on medium speed until well combined.
• Add oat mixture and chopped nuts, and beat on low speed until combined. Add flour mixture, and beat until combined.
• Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place cookies 1 inch apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely on baking sheets.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Mix butter or margarine with sugar until creamy. Add salt, almond or vanilla extract, flour, and nuts. Mix WELL.
• Chill dough until firm enough to handle.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Using fingers, shape dough into 1 inch balls or crescents. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown. While cookies are still warm, roll in powdered sugar. These keep well.

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Place chopped pecans and 1 tablespoon butter in a baking pan. Bake at 325° for 5-7 minutes or until toasted and browned, stirring frequently. Set aside to cool. , In a large bowl, cream brown sugar and remaining butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. , Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in toasted pecans, pressing nuts into dough. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Beat egg white until foamy. Dip pecan halves in egg white, then gently press one into each ball. , Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.
• With an electric mixer, cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar until light, about 1 minute. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.
• Separate dough into 12 pieces; squeeze dough to shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place, 3 inches apart, on a baking sheet. Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (reshape sides if necessary). Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake until golden brown, rotating sheet halfway through, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with more sugar. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

BUTTERY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Combine flour and pecans; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 2 days. , Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 1-1/2-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until firm. , If desired, immediately roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; or cool cookies and drizzle with melted chocolate.

BUTTERNUTS

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
• 2. Blend in flour; mix well.
• 3. Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.
• 4. Mix well by hand.
• 5. Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6. Bake in 325 F oven for 15- 20 minutes or until firm but not brown. Let cool on wire racks.
• 7. Make rum glaze. Mix the powdered sugar, rum extract, and milk until smooth.
• 8. You can either dip the cookies in the glaze or use a spoon to pour over cookies.
• 9. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and allow the glaze to set up.

BUTTER NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter, sugar and egg yolks until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, then the flour, and finally the walnuts.
• Roll dough into walnut sized balls, place them 2 inches apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be slightly brown. Cool and roll cookies in confectioners sugar.

BUTTER NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS: Cream together butter or margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour, salt and baking soda. Roll dough into 2 inch diameter logs. Wrap in waxed paper and freeze. Slice and bake anytime at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) until light brown.

BUTTER NUT HORN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix butter into dry ingredients until size of a pead. Beat eggs and Add eggs,milk, and lemon rind.
• 2. Pinch off a piece of dough and roll in palm of hand. Should be about the size of a walnut You will get about 144 (12 doz)cookies.
• 3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, to harden the butter a little.
• 4. Remove about 2 dozen dough balls from the refrigerator at a time. Keep the rest in the frig. until ready to roll out and bake.
• 5. Make nut filling. Put about 1/2 or the ground nuts in a 2-1/2 qt saucepan. Add about 1/2cup sugar and 1/2 cup of milk 1/2 stick margarine and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir and add more nuts or more milk as needed to form a paste. Heat up on low.
• 6. Roll a ball of the dough out using powdered sugar instead of flour to coat the rolling pin and board. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 7. Place a small amount, (the size a a baby's feeding spoon), in the center and roll up dough. don't roll too tightly. Pinch ends to seal, shape like a crescent, and put on cookie sheet, seam side down.
• 8. Bake 12-15 minutes, or until LIGHTLY BROWNED around the edges. Don't brown too much.
• 9. Remove cookies from cookie sheet to cool. Sprinkle immediately with powdered sugar, and then again before serving.
• 10. Some of the filling may run out. Just pinch off. You will learn how thick to make it. If too thin, add more nuts to the filling, if too thick, add more milk, a little at a time.
• 11. They are a LOT of work, but they are delicious!!!!