Lunch: Walnut Balls

Toni Gerber Hope, health editor: "Although these walnut balls weren't the culinary centerpiece of my Austrian-German grandmother's Christmas table -- that honor was reserved for labor-intensive, paper-thin sugar cookies -- she would still make them every

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Nuts, Walnuts

Health and fertility benefits of Walnut Balls

Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Walnuts are low on the glycemic index. What’s more, they also lower the glycemic index of other foods that you eat in conjunction with these nuts. Any kind of nuts provide a healthy source of fat and a great way to encourage PCOS weight loss.

Ingredients

1 c. butter (no substitutions)
6 tbsp. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all-purpose flour
.13 tsp. salt
1 bag walnuts
1 1/4 c. confectioners' sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour and salt just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in walnuts.
Shape dough by rounded measuring teaspoons into 1-inch balls. Place balls, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 13 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
Place confectioners' sugar in pie plate. While cookies are hot, with metal spatula, transfer 4 or 5 cookies at a time to pie plate with confectioners' sugar. Gently turn cookies with fork to generously coat with sugar. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
Repeat with remaining dough and confectioners' sugar. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar before serving if you like.

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