Authentic mexican wedding cookies
Homemade Authentic Mexican Wedding Cookies perfect for weddings or special events. This dessert is suitable for lacto ovo vegetarians and takes about 45 minutes to make. A blend of flavors including ground cinnamon and vanilla extract makes these cookies unique and delicious.
Ingredients
butter
2 sticks
powdered sugar
240 g
vanilla extract
2 tsps
flour
250 g
pecan
99 g
ground cinnamon
0.12 tsps
Method
- Beat butter in large bowl in an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended.
- Beat in flour, then pecans. Divide dough in half; form each half into ball. Wrap in plastic and chill for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.
- Working with half of chilled dough, roll dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between palms into balls. Arrange balls on heavy large baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart.
- Bake cookies for 18 minutes or until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet.
- Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely.
- Transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat with other half of the dough.
- Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.
Nutrition:
Carbs
9 g
Fat
5 g
Protein
0.77 g
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