Italian butterball cookies are soft, buttery, melt in your mouth deliciousness. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Chop the nuts, set aside. In a large bowl cream together the softened butter and 3/4 cup confectioners sugar with an electric mixer until smooth.
Mixing up the cookie dough for these Italian sandwich butter cookies is easy. Cream together your softened butter and sugar. Then add two eggs and the extract and beat until nice and fluffy. Then stir in your dry ingredients until the dough just comes together. Pro tip: For this recipe, I opted for almond extract instead of vanilla.
Italian wedding cookies are balls of buttery goodness rolled in powdered sugar. What's not to love? You'll need just six easy-to-find ingredients to make this classic Italian wedding cookie recipe: · Butter: This Italian wedding cookie dough starts with three sticks of unsalted butter.
More traditional Italian cookies you will love: Homemade Italian Ladyfinger Recipe (Savoiardi), Soft Amaretti Cookies (Italian Recipe), BEST Italian Wedding Cookies (Anginetti), and Italian Classic Almond Biscotti Recipe (Cantucci). These no-fuss homemade butter cookies melt in your mouth every time! They are so fun to make.