Favourite Mexican Wedding Cakes Pecan Cookie Balls Food

FAVOURITE MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES - PECAN COOKIE BALLS!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt; beat until well blended. Stir in flour and pecans.
• Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets. Immediately roll hot cookies in the confectioners sugar. Place sugared cookies on wire racks to cool.
• When cool, roll again in sugar at least once but I like to do it twice for a better finish.

PECAN COOKIE BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt; beat until well blended. Stir in flour and pecans.
• Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets. Immediately roll hot cookies in remaining 2 cups sugar. Place sugared cookies on wire racks to cool. When cool, roll again in sugar.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and 1 cup confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes; beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans. , Shape tablespoons of dough into 2-in. crescents. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until light brown, 12-15 minutes. Roll cookies in additional confectioners' sugar while warm; cool on wire racks.

PECAN SANDIES (MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES/CAKE)

Steps:

• Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the water and vanilla.
• Stir in the flour and pecans until well blended.
• Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least four hours.
• Preheat the oven to 325 °F.
• Shape the dough into walnut sized balls or crescents. (Crescent shaped are more the traditional Mexican wedding form of these cookies.)
• Place the dough balls or crescents 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden.
• Cool on a baking rack, then roll in the confectioners sugar. I don't roll them when they are warm as they still will soak up the powdered sugar while cool and this way they don't get sticky.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Crème the butter with the cup of sugar and vanilla.
• Mix flour, nuts, and salt.
• Add the mixture of flour, and salt to the butter.
• Form small balls.
• Put on un-greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Roll in confectioner's sugar while the cookies are still warm.
• Enjoy!

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended. Beat in flour, then pecans. Divide dough in half; form each half into ball. Wrap separately in plastic; chill until cold, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.
• Working with half of chilled dough, roll dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between palms into balls. Arrange balls on heavy large baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart. Bake cookies until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top, about 18 minutes. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet. Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely. Transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat procedure with remaining half of dough. (Cookies can be prepared 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature; reserve remaining cinnamon sugar.)
• Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.