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Mexican Wedding Cakes

Description

Tender, melting shortbread cookies shaped like snowballs, Mexican Wedding Cakes will brighten holiday cookie trays.

These sturdy cookies freeze well, so long as they're dusted with a fresh layer of powdered sugar when thawed.

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2
    c
    butter, unsalted
  • 1⁄2
    c
    shortening
  • 1 1⁄2
    c
    powdered sugar, sifted and divided
  • 1⁄4
    t
    salt
  • 1
    t
    vanilla extract
  • 2
    c
    flour, all-purpose
  • 1 1⁄2
    c
    walnuts, chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Beat butter, shortening and one cup powdered sugar until fluffy.

Add salt and vanilla, and beat well. Stir in flour, 1/3 at a time. Mix in nuts.

Shape dough into 1" balls. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes, until lightly colored.

While warm, roll in remaining one-half cup powdered sugar, and cool on a wire rack. When cool, roll in remaining sugar.

Summary

Yield
Prep time20 minutes
Holiday RecipesCookie Recipes

Comments

I make these for Christmas

Visitor - 11/13/2008 - 07:33

I make these for Christmas every year -- for an added treat, wrap the dough around a Hershey Kiss (I prefer dark chocolate, personally). So yummy!