Old-Fashioned Maple Walnut Butter Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened (no substitutions)
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons maple extract
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups finely chopped walnuts
powdered sugar, for rolling

Preparation

Set oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare an ungreased cookie sheet.
Cream butter, sugar and maple extract until fluffy.
Sift together flour and salt.
Add to the creamed mixture; mix well.
Stir in walnuts.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Place on cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Immediately remove with spatula.
When still warm, but cool enough to handle, roll baked cookies in powdered sugar.