Traditional Mexican Wedding Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup butter, softened
    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 1/4 cups sifted flour
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup chopped walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans
    powdered sugar (for rolling baked cookies in)
Preparation
    Cream together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy; stir in vanilla.
    Whisk together flour and salt; add gradually to butter mixture; stir in chopped nuts.
    Chill dough if it seems too soft.
    Form dough into 1 1/4\" balls and place onto parchment-lined or ungreased baking sheets.
    Bake at 400\u00b0 for 10-12 minutes or just until the cookies start to turn light golden-brown; remove from oven and allow to cool slightly; while cookies are still warm (but NOT hot) remove them from baking sheets and roll, a few at a time, in powdered sugar until evenly coated; cool cookies completely on wire racks.
    Cookies may (optionally) be rolled in powdered sugar a second time once cooled to room temperature.
    NOTE: Forming dough into 1\" balls will increase yield to 48 cookies.

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