Italian Butterball Cookies

Butterball cookies are a timeless delight and a perfect example of traditional Italian baking. These tender and melt-in-mouth cookies will take you on a journey of flavor. The best thing about these bite-size delights is that they are easy to make and involve no fancy ingredients or steps. Just mix the pantry ingredients and enjoy the charm of these snowy winter landscape cookies. They are irresistible and known for their delicacy and charm. So what are you waiting for? Don’t keep your taste buds away from these confectionaries! 

Ingredients To Make Italian Butterball Cookies

• Unsalted butter
• Icing sugar 
• Vanilla extract
• All-purpose flour
• Sea salt
• Nutmeg
• Raw walnuts
• Water

Ingredient Notes and Variations

1. Unsalted butter: The treat’s primary ingredient provides richness to the cookies. You can add plain butter as well. 
2. Icing sugar: It adds sweetness to the cookies. You can use regular sugar after making its powder. 
3. All-purpose flour: It is the base of the cookies that add structure to them. You can use whole wheat flour or gluten-free flour to make cookies. 
4. Nutmeg: It adds warm flavors. To bring innovation to the taste, you can use cinnamon, cloves, or cardamom as an alternative. 
5. Raw walnuts: These nuts add crunch to the cookies. For innovative flavor profiles, you can use nuts like almonds, hazelnuts, or peanuts. 

How To Make Italian Butterball Cookies?

1: Prepare the dough

• Preheat the oven before making the dough, and keep the temperature to 350 degrees. 
• Take a bowl of stand mixer with the paddle attachment and beat the icing sugar with butter until light and fluffy. 
• Add vanilla and beat. 
• Now, sift the dry ingredients like flour, nutmeg, and sea salt. 
• Knead the dough. You can add water if the dough looks crumbly. 

2: Bake the cookies

• Make bite-size balls from the dough. 
• Bake them for 12 to 15 minutes. 
• Let the cookie balls cool, then roll them into powdered sugar. 

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Italian Butterball Cookies

Butterball cookies are a timeless delight and a perfect example of traditional Italian baking. These tender and melt-in-mouth cookies will take you on a journey of flavor. 

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Author Adalynn Ward

Servings 24 Cookies

Calories 132kcal

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter softened
• ½ cup icing sugar + more for dusting
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• ½ cup raw walnuts finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

• Prepare the oven for cookies. Keep the temperature at 350℉.
• Using the paddle attachment, beat the confectioners’ sugar and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until it becomes airy and smooth.
• Mix vanilla in and beat.
• Combine the flour, nutmeg, and sea salt into the butter mixture.
• Mix chopped nuts, fold them into the flour mixture, and then knead a dough.
• If the dough is dry.
• Create bite-sized balls using the dough.
• Bake for about 12–15 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool, and then roll into powdered sugar.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.8g | Protein: 1.8g | Fat: 9.3g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 2.6g | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg