Swedish Nut Butter Balls Recipes

Steps:

• Mix the oats, sugar, and cocoa together in a bowl. Add the butter, and use your hands to mix the ingredients together to make a thick dough. Mix in the coffee, vanilla, and chocolate until thoroughly blended.
• Place the coconut flakes in a small bowl. Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll between your hands to make small balls, about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Roll the balls in the coconut flakes. Balls are ready to eat, or may be refrigerated 2 hours to become firmer.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, cream together butter and 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Add the flour, vanilla and ground pecans. Stir to combine.
• Shape dough into balls, using a slightly rounded teaspoon for each. Place 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake until the edges turn gold, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container, with wax paper between each layer for up to 6 months. Defrost 30 minutes. Just before serving, place the remaining cup of powdered sugar in a plastic bag. Add several cookies and shake gently to dust with sugar. Repeat with remaining cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the cake flour, then fold in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 to 19 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool cookies completely before rolling in additional confectioners' sugar. If you are storing the cookies in a tin, add remaining sugar to the tin.

Steps:

• Thoroughly mix the first three ingredients.
• Add the oats and coconut plus anything additional and stir to coat.
• Form into a 1 inch round cylinder using wax paper.
• Chill for about 30 minutes or longer and cut and roll into golf ball sized or smaller pieces.
• Roll each ball in a dish of sesame seeds (whole or ground) to coat.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add syrup. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into eight portions. Roll each portion into a 9-in. log. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar.