Delicious Walnut Balls Recipe

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Delicious Walnut Balls
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 (8 oz) bag walnuts, chopped
  • 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F
  2. In large bowl, w/ mixer on medium speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour and salt just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in walnuts.
  3. Shape dough by rounded measuring teaspoons into 1-inch balls. Place balls, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 13-15 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
  4. Place confectioners' sugar in pie plate. While cookies are hot, with metal spatula, transfer 4 or 5 cookies at a time to pie plate with confectioners' sugar. gently turn cookies w/ fork to generously coat with sugar. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
  5. Repeat with remaining dough and confectioners' sugar. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar before serving if you like.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 416.21 Kcal (1743 kJ)
Calories from fat 182.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.31g 31%
Cholesterol 48.81mg 16%
Sodium 33.68mg 1%
Potassium 48.08mg 1%
Total Carbs 56.45g 19%
Sugars 36.6g 146%
Dietary Fiber 0.95g 4%
Protein 3.41g 7%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 11mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 473.16 Kcal (1981 kJ)
Calories from fat 207.8 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.09g 31%
Cholesterol 55.48mg 16%
Sodium 38.28mg 1%
Potassium 54.66mg 1%
Total Carbs 64.18g 19%
Sugars 41.61g 146%
Dietary Fiber 1.08g 4%
Protein 3.87g 7%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 8%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 12.6mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.8
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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