Butternut Balls Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups finely chopped walnuts
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. stir in the flour, salt and nuts; mix well.
• form the stiff dough into egg shapes about 1-1/2 inches long. bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for about 15 minutes. cool on rack.
• spread half of cookie with confectioners' sugar glaze or melted chocolate. if desired, sprinkle with coconut, chopped nuts, colored sugar or decors. let sit until glaze is dry.
• to make confectioners' sugar glaze: combine 1 cup unsifted confectioners' with the water. stir until smooth.
• to make chocolate glaze: melt the chocolate chips in a double-boiler or in microwave (stir every 15 second) until melted. pour slightly cooled glaze in a quart size freezer ziploc, snip tip of bag and drizzle over cookies.