Mexican Wedding Cakes Recipe
🕒 Total Time: 30 minutes
🍽 Servings: 50-60 cookies
Description:
The holidays wouldn’t be the same without these little “snowball cookies”. Very simple to make, and popular in the cookie tins.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup almonds, finely chopped
Instructions:
| Step | Instructions |
|---|---|
| 1. | Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C). |
| 2. | Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. |
| 3. | In a separate bowl, mix flour with salt. Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, stirring until a nice dough forms. |
| 4. | Fold in the chopped almonds until evenly distributed in the dough. |
| 5. | Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. |
| 6. | Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-18 minutes, or until set. Be careful not to let them brown. |
| 7. | Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for 1 minute. |
| 8. | Roll the warm cookies in powdered sugar until evenly coated. |
| 9. | Allow the cookies to cool for 10-15 minutes. The sugar coating may become damp as they cool. |
| 10. | Once cooled, reroll the cookies in powdered sugar for a second coat. |
Cooking Tip:
For packing a variety of cookies in tins, place these Mexican Wedding Cakes in muffin papers to prevent them from getting powdered sugar over different types of cookies.
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 72.4
- Fat: 5.2g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
- Cholesterol: 9.8mg
- Sodium: 58.9mg
- Carbohydrates: 5.6g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Sugar: 1.4g
- Protein: 1.2g
Recipe Keywords:
Cookie & Brownie, Fruit, Nuts, Mexican, Kid Friendly, Winter, Christmas, < 30 Mins, Oven, Inexpensive
These Mexican Wedding Cakes, also known as snowball cookies, are a delightful addition to any holiday cookie tin. With their buttery, nutty flavor and snowy powdered sugar coating, they’re sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them!
