Authentic Mexican Wedding Cookies

Authentic Mexican Wedding Cookies

  Ready in : 45 mins

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave Mexican food. Try making Authentic Mexican Wedding Cookies at home. One serving contains 87 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. For 14 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 48. It will be a hit at your Wedding event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. 8 people have made this recipe and would make it again. A mixture of all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 9%. This score is very bad (but still fixable).

Ingredients

butter

butter

2 sticks

powdered sugar

powdered sugar

2 cups

vanilla extract

vanilla extract

2 teaspoons

all purpose flour

all purpose flour

2 cups

pecans

pecans

1 cup

ground cinnamon

ground cinnamon

0.125 teaspoon

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Beat butter in large bowl in an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

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    butter

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    hand mixer
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    bowl
  2. 2
    Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended.

    powdered sugar

    powdered sugar

    vanilla

    vanilla

  3. 3
    Beat in flour, then pecans. Divide dough in half; form each half into ball. Wrap in plastic and chill for about 30 minutes.

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    pecans

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    dough

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    all purpose flour

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    wrap

  4. 4
    Preheat oven to 350F.

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    oven
  5. 5
    Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.

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    cinnamon sugar

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    powdered sugar

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    cinnamon

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    pie form
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    whisk
  6. 6
    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.

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    dough

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    roll

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    baking sheet
  7. 7
    Bake cookies for 18 minutes or until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet.

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    cookies

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    baking sheet
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    oven
  8. 8
    Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely.

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    cinnamon sugar

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    cookies

  9. 9
    Transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat with other half of the dough.

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    cookies

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    dough

  10. 10
    Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.

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    cinnamon sugar

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    cookies