Mexican Wedding Cakes Cookies

This recipe is sponsored by millican pecans.

Mexican wedding cakes cookies. Apart on ungreased baking sheets. 8 people talking join in. They bake up into a delightful little ball of a cookie that doesn’t spread much.

In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla and food coloring until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Whether you call them mexican wedding cookies, russian tea cakes or snowball cookies, these delicate buttery cookies, rolled in powdered sugar (with many different names) are a staple each year at christmas. To the eye, these cookies all look the same, they are round and covered in powdered sugar.

These cookies have always had a special place on my christmas cookie tray, but they’re truly great at any time of the year! It took me a while to realize that those mexican wedding cookies, so liked this side of the border, are what i love and know as polvorones. So many cultures have some version of them, which makes sense because it’s a formula that works.

Tracy willis 10 of 44 mexican wedding cakes ii. I also roll the cookies in melted butter before rolling them in powdered sugar. Polvorones these cakes are really festive cookies.

Mexican wedding cakes (cookies) recipe by acadiatwo. The basic recipe consists of very few ingredients: As always opinions are 100% mine.

Depending on your mood, likes or dislikes, you can add a 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or not. Place 3/4 cup powdered sugar in small bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.