MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES
These crumbly, sandy, nut-rich cookies are nearly always rolled twice in confectioners' sugar after baking, which is why there's so little sugar in the dough.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield Makes 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a food processor, pulse pecans, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal; add butter and pulse until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap tightly in plastic; refrigerate until firm, 30 to 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pinch off and roll dough into balls, each equal to 1 level tablespoon. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on two large baking sheets. Bake, switching sheets from top to bottom halfway through, until cookies are just golden around edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer to a rack to cool completely. Place confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Roll cookies in sugar twice to coat thoroughly, tapping off excess.
MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES
Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and granulated sugar until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and orange zest until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Add the flour mixture gradually to the mixer until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped pecans by hand.
- Using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, portion the dough onto a baking sheet. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.
- Divide the chilled dough between 2 baking sheets, leaving about 1/2 inch between each cookie. Bake until just golden, about 12 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
- Once the cookies have cooled, place the powdered sugar into a shallow dish. Roll each cookie in the powdered sugar until completely coated. Enjoy!
POWDERED SUGAR MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES
Innocent looking mounds of powdered sugar seem to explode in your mouth. Terrific light and crisp texture.
Provided by Steve_G
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 48 cookies, 48 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place pecans on a cookie sheet and toast for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
- Cool pecans completely before proceeding.
- IN THE FOOD PROCESSER (preferred) -----------.
- Process pecans, salt and sugar until pecans are ground very fine.
- Cut the butter in chunks and, with the motor running, add.
- Process until smooth and creamy.
- Scrape down bowl, add vanilla and pulse.
- Add flour and salt, pulse until it starts to clump.
- OR IN THE MIXER-------------.
- Soften butter.
- Grind toasted pecans.
- In medium bowl whisk, flour, nuts and salt until combined.
- Combine sugar and butter in a mixing bowl, beat until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla extract and scrape down bowl.
- Stir on low speed, gradually adding the flour mixture until just incorporated.
- FOR EITHER METHOD-------------.
- Place dough into a bowl and refrigerate for 1 to 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
- Measure dough using a gently rounded 1 ¼" scoop, or 1 scant tablespoon, roll between palms to form a 1" balls.
- Place balls 1 ½" apart on cookie sheet, bake for 15 mins or until just beginning to brown, undersides will be lightly browned.
- Rotate pan half way through cooking for even baking.
- Cool cookies on sheet for 2-3 mins, using a small angled spatula lift the cookies from the sheet and gently roll several times in powdered sugar.
- Cool completely on rack and roll again in powdered sugar.
- Store in an airtight container for about 1 month.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.1, Fat 4.6, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 10.2, Sodium 4, Carbohydrate 9.9, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 6.2, Protein 0.6
MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES
The holidays wouldn't be the same without these little "snowball cookies". Very simple to make, and popular in the cookie tins.
Provided by PalatablePastime
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 50-60 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cooking tip: For packing a variety of cookies in tins, place these in muffins papers to keep them from getting powdered sugar over different types of cookies.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar with the butter and vanilla and beat till fluffy.
- Mix flour with the salt, then add flour 1/2 cup at a time, then add the almonds, stirring until a nice dough forms.
- Make 1-inch balls of the dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1-inch apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven about 15-18 minutes or until set (don't let them brown).
- Remove from cookie sheets, cool 1 minute, then roll in some powdered sugar.
- Allow to cool 10-15 minutes (sugar will get damp) and reroll in the sugar.
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