Mexican Wedding Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies are that delicate, sweet and buttery authentic Wedding Cookie recipe that is a traditional Christmas cookie recipe everyone loves. These cute little shortbread snowball cookies are filled with chopped pecans and rolled in powdered sugar. They melt in your mouth!
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar (divided in half)
- 1 teaspoon pure Vanilla Extract (I used my homemade Vanilla Extract)
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pecan halves (finely chopped )
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
- Beat the butter and ½ cup of the powdered sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract and beat until vanilla is completely incorporated.
- Add the flour to the bowl 1 cup at a time mixing with a hand held mixer until the dough becomes too thick or the mixer begins to strain.
- Slowly add the remaining flour and the finely chopped pecans to the bowl. Continue mixing until the pecans are evenly distributed through out the dough.
- Shape the dough into one and half inch round balls and place on a cookie sheet leaving 2 inches between each cookies.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly golden.
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool the cookies for 3 minutes or until they are cool enough to handle.
- Drop each warm cookie one at a time into the bowl of the remaining ½ cup of powdered sugar. Roll the warm cookies in the sugar coating the cookie thickly on all sides.
- Place sugar dipped cookies on a wire rack and cool completely before storing. Store the cookies in single layers in an air tight container.
- Makes about 48 cookies
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Recipe Expert Tips
Expert Recipe Tips
- Butter: Always use real unsalted butter when making cookies. No substitution will do.
- Softening the butter: Let the sugar soften on the counter for an hour or two before beginning.
- Pure vanilla extract: I use my homemade vanilla extract for all of my baking, it makes a great gift!
- Mixing powdered sugar: When mixing the powdered sugar into the cookie dough start the mixer off on low or the sugar will fly into the air and make a mess.
- Rolling the cookies in the sugar: When rolling the cookies into the powdered sugar coating the cookies should still be warm or the sugar will not stick to the cookie.
- Vanilla: Use pure vanilla extract. It may be more expensive but imitation vanilla does not have a very good flavor.
Nutrition
Serving: 2CookiesCalories: 93kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 19IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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