CLASSIC MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

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Make and share this Classic Mexican Wedding Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by seahorse73

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 30 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for coating baked cookies
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting hands
1 cup pecans, chopped into very small pieces

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
  • Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar at low speed until it is smooth.
  • Beat in the vanilla.
  • At low speed gradually add the flour.
  • Mix in the pecans with a spatula.
  • With floured hands, take out about 1 tablespoon of dough and shape into crescent, (I rolled into a ball).
  • Continue to dust hands with flour as you make more cookies.
  • Place onto prepared cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 40 minutes.
  • When cool enough to handle but still warm, roll in additional confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 114.1, Fat 8.8, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 16.3, Sodium 1, Carbohydrate 8.1, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 2.1, Protein 1.1

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