These “butterhorns” can be prepared and eaten any time of the year, but they are a Christmastime favorite around the Womack homesteads. Delicious cookies with a buttery, flaky crust that are formed into little croissant shapes and dusted with a nutty cinnamon-sugar mixture.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 36 cookies |
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Cut butter into flour in a large mixing bowl with your fingertips. Add sour cream and egg yolk; mix thoroughly until a firm dough is formed. Shape dough into a large ball, cover with waxed paper or plastic wrap, and refrigerate until fully chilled, at least 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and cut into 3 equal pieces. Roll 1 piece of dough into a circle. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the sugar mixture and press it into the dough. Cut into 12 wedges (like a pie) and roll each piece from the wide side to the tip to make a croissant-shaped cookie; place on the prepared baking sheets. Curl the tips of each cookie towards you to form a curved horn shape. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar mixture to form remaining cookies.
- Bake in batches in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- You can use any kind of chopped nuts you like.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 160 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 35 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 4 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I would be leary of the ingredients. It calls for 2 cups of butter and if you look at a stick of butter it is a half cup. That is not the right amount. It should say a half lb., which is two sticks of butter. I had to increase everything else to actually create the dough. I hadn’t wanted to bake that many!
A family favorite from my childhood on… I remember my grandma and mom making triple batches to keep the whole family happy!