Soft 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 did use chopped walnuts in place of the suggested nuts because I prefer a softer nut with these cookies I also used powder sugar in place of.
These Mexican Wedding Cookies are soft, buttery pecan cookies that melt-in-your-mouth! Don't be fooled by the name, these little snowballs make a great addition to your favorite holiday cookie collection. These cookies go by many different names! You can cook Soft Mexican Wedding Cookies using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Soft Mexican Wedding Cookies
- Prepare 10 oz of Pastry flour or all-purpose flour.
- It's 10 oz of Butter.
- You need 1/2 tbsp of Vanilla extract.
- Prepare 4 oz of Powdered sugar.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Walnuts.
Mexican Wedding Cookies - melt-in-your-mouth, buttery, pecan dotted cookies are rolled in sweet blizzard of snowy white powdered sugar and you'll be savoring every Mexican Wedding Cookies. Who knew one cookie could go by some many different names! You may have also heard these called They are delectable butter-type cookies served as favors at traditional Mexican weddings. They also make a wonderful addition to any Christmas goodie platter.
Soft Mexican Wedding Cookies step by step
- Scale all the ingredients.
- Cream butter and vanilla extract until it becomes light and fluffy.
- Add the powdered sugar and the flower continue to mix.
- Add the chopped walnuts or pecans then give it a mix for five seconds.
- Scoop the cookie dough and place it on parchment paper.
- Place the cookie dough in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Bake the cookies at 350° for 10 to 15 minutes or until the bottom of the cookie turns brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool down for 10 minutes then sift powdered sugar on top of the cookies.
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