Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe
This favorite buttery pecan shortbread cookie recipe is known by many names. I call them Mexican Wedding Cookies but you may know them by Italian Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, Snowball Cookies or Mexican Wedding Cakes. They are one of our favorite Christmas cookies to bake and eat.
I first shared this favorite Christmas cookie recipe back in 2011. Since I was baking Mexican Wedding Cookies last weekend I decided to re-shoot the photos and share it again.
This is a great Christmas Cookie Exchange recipe that everyone loves.
Mexican Wedding Cookies are sweet and delicious. The recipe calls for 5 simple ingredients that when combined create a buttery shortbread cookie that just about melts in your mouth.
Chopped pecans give it a little crunch and the powdered sugar coating that make a Mexican Wedding Cookie look just like a mini snowball adds just the right amount of sweetness.
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How To Make Mexican Wedding Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, divided in half
- 1 teaspoon of pure Vanilla Extract (I used my homemade Vanilla Extract)
- 2 cups of all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
- Beat the butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in a (affiliate links) kitchen-aid mixer or a bowl with a handheld mixer until light and fluffy- about 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract and beat until vanilla is completely incorporated.
- Slowly begin to add the flour to the bowl 1 cup at a time. Mixing with your mixer until the dough becomes too much for your mixer to handle.
- Added the remaining flour and the finely chopped pecans and mix well with a wooden spoon. Continue mixing until the pecans are evenly distributed through out the dough.
- Shape the dough into one and half inch balls and place on a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper leaving 2 inches between the cookies.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until slightly browned.
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Drop each cookie one at a time into a mixing bowl with the remaining 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and roll the warm cookies in a bowl thickly coating all sides.
- Place sugar dipped cookies on a cooling rack and cool completely.
- Store in single layers in an air tight container.
- Makes about 48 cookies
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Sweet and delicate authentic Mexican Wedding Cookies recipe is a great Christmas Cookie Exchange recipe everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, divided in half
- 1 teaspoon of pure Vanilla Extract (I used my homemade Vanilla Extract)
- 2 cups of all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
- Beat the butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in a (affiliate links) kitchen-aid mixer or a bowl with a handheld mixer until light and fluffy- about 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract and beat until vanilla is completely incorporated.
- Slowly begin to add the flour to the bowl 1 cup at a time. Mixing with your mixer until the dough becomes too much for your mixer to handle.
- Added the remaining flour and the finely chopped pecans and mix well with a wooden spoon. Continue mixing until the pecans are evenly distributed through out the dough.
- Shape the dough into one and half inch balls and place on a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper leaving 2 inches between the cookies.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until slightly browned.
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Drop each cookie one at a time into a mixing bowl with the remaining 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and roll the warm cookies in a bowl thickly coating all sides.
- Place sugar dipped cookies on a cooling rack and cool completely.
- Store in single layers in an air tight container.
- Makes about 48 cookies
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Cookies
- Calories: 131
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Pete (female) says
Can you post without the highlighted area? When printed out those words do not print, have to write them in. Thanks
Arlene Mobley says
Hi Pete
Sorry you’re having a problem printing the recipe. I just printed it myself and all of the words are printing correctly. It may be an issue with your browser. If you copy and paste the recipe into a text editor you should be able to print the recipe as it appears on my website. Enjoy the recipe and Happy Holidays!
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
I am a shortbread lover. Christmas would not be the same without them. These cookies look like delicious snowballs, and would make a great addition to any holiday tray of goodies.
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Jolina says
These look like Christmas! Little snowballs of deliciousness. And I love how simple and straightforward they are to do. Can’t wait to try them.
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Arlene Mobley says
Jolina
They make the perfect Christmas cookies!
Papa G says
Arlene, please help this old Papa out. You mention cooking but no where have I found at what temperature.
Arlene Mobley says
Papa G the cookies are baked at 375 F. for 11-14 minutes or just until they start to get golden around the edges.
Papa G says
Just need the cooking temperature 🤒 please
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Arlene Mobley says
Sorry 375 F. degrees
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
I just learned something new — Mexican Wedding Cakes are considered a shortbread cookie. For years I’ve said that I’ve never made shortbread cookies. Well, I guess it’s not true! I’ve been making these balls of goodness for years. It wouldn’t be a Christmas Cookies Tray without them.
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Arlene Mobley says
Ah Marisa shortbread cookies are so much easier than most people think. Just a fancy name for a cookie with a high butter ratio. They are also known as butter cookies.
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Denise Wright says
These are my favorite cookies….I didn’t know what they were called and I just discovered them a few years ago. I didn’t realize they only require 5 ingredients. My cookie exchange is tonight and I wish I had seen this earlier! Looks delicious!
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Arlene Mobley says
Denise
These are the best Christmas Cookie Exchange cookie recipe!
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Veena Azmanov says
We have a very similar cookie in India and we call it Nankatia – but with almond meal instead of pecans. The Pecan sounds so delicious. I love how pretty these look like snow balls. Perfect name..
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