Mexican Wedding Cookies. I have made Mexican Wedding Cookies for more than half my life. It was taught to me by my Auntie Nacia when I was in high school. I use powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar.
You can cook Mexican Wedding Cookies using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mexican Wedding Cookies
- You need 2 cup of Flour (all-purpose flour or cake flour).
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of Salt.
- Prepare 225 grams of Unsalted butter (brought to room temperature).
- It’s 240 ml of Pecan (finely chopped).
- It’s 120 ml of Powdered sugar.
- You need 2 tsp of Vanilla extract (or essence).
- It’s 360 ml of Powdered sugar (for the finish).
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Mexican Wedding Cookies instructions
Preheat the oven to 180℃ (350℉)..
Mix the flour, salt, and the pecans in a bowl with a whisk..
In a larger bowl, mix the butter and the powdered sugar until fluffy using a hand mixer. Add the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and blend the dough thoroughly. (Avoid mixing too much! It is okay to leave it slightly floury.).
Roll the dough into 3-4 cm balls. Place them on the baking sheet that is not oil coated (this is important!) leaving about 3 cm spaces between them. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned..
In a metal tray with 3/4 cup (180 ml) of powdered sugar, put a few of the just baked cookies at a time and coat them with the sugar. Place them on the cooling rack..
When all the cookies are coated with powdered sugar and placed on the rack, sprinkle more powdered sugar using a tea strainer. Cool them down completely..
My gluten-free Mexican Wedding Cookies are a classic Christmas cookie that you can enjoy during the holidays even if you have a variety of food allergies. Some years ago, when my son was still in elementary school and before we started homeschooling, we always used to bake these cookies for his teachers. Mexican wedding cookies are traditionally given to friends as a token of goodwill and love. The cookies are filled with richness of butter and walnuts, the vanilla is the rare flavoring of family and. Mexican Wedding Cookies need a new name. "Wedding" implies special occasion, as if these cookies are reserved for life changing events only, not to be consumed more often than that.
