Polvorones(A Cookie) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
1/2 c. confectioners sugar
1 tsp. almond flavoring
2 c. flour
1/2 c. finely chopped pecans
1/8 tsp. salt
confectioners sugar

Preparation

Cream butter, 1/2 cup confectioners sugar and almond flavoring. Combine flour, pecans and salt and stir into butter mixture.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 25 minutes.
Have ready a plastic bag containing one-half box confectioners sugar.
As cookies come from oven, drop 2 to 3 at a time into bag to coat with sugar.
Place on rack.
Cool one half hour.
Repeat coating process.
Let sit overnight.
These are called Mexican Wedding Cakes.
Delicious.