Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup cake flour
1 cup ground walnuts
Directions
Cream together butter and sugar. Add the remaining ingredients. Roll
into balls and bake for 30 minutes in a 325F oven. When warm, roll in
confectioners' sugar and cool. Repeat rolling in sugar.
Servings: 36 cookies
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We hope you enjoy this Andy Cassoni's Butter Ball Cookies recipe.
