Grandma Sharons Mexican Wedding Cakes Food

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream butter adding sugar gradually.
• Blend in salt, vanilla, and flour.
• If too soft, chill until firm.
• Scoop small pieces of dough, roll in hand to make a small ball, and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven about 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
• While still hot, roll cookies in powdered sugar.
• Move to a wire rack to cool.

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.

GRANDMA SHARON'S MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Beat the butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Sift in powdered sugar and cream together.
• Add yolk, vanilla, and brandy.
• Sift flour and baking powder together; add to mixture. Add the nuts and stir to form soft dough.
• Knead lightly and set aside to rest for a short time.
• Form balls from the dough; place on non-greased cookie sheets about 2" apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Cookies should be lightly browned.
• Roll hot cookies in powdered sugar and place on cooling rack. After cooled, roll cookies again in powdered sugar. Store in airtight container.
• NOTE: cookies are delicate and will break easily until cooled.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse pecans, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add butter, and pulse until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap tightly in plastic; refrigerate until firm, 30 to 60 minutes. Dough can be frozen, tightly wrapped, up to 3 months.
• Preheat oven to 325°F, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Scoop off level tablespoons of dough, and roll into balls. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on two large baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until just lightly golden around edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Place confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Roll cookies in sugar twice to coat thoroughly, tapping off excess each time. Cookies can be stored up to 1 week at room temperature in an airtight container, between layers of waxed or parchment paper.

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:

• Pulse the nuts in a food processor fitted with a steel blade until half of them look finely chopped and the rest look pulverized.
• Transfer to another bowl and set aside.
• Wipe the bowl of the FP with a paper towel to remove any excess nut oil.
• Put the granulated sugar in the bowl and process until powdery.
• Add the flour and salt and pulse just to mix.
• Add the butter chunks, vanilla and egg yolk.
• Process until the mixture looks damp and begins to clump together.
• Add the nuts and pulse until combined.
• Transfer dough to another bowl, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, preferably overnight, or up to a few days.
• Preheat the oven to 325.
• Shape barely more than level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4" balls or crescent shapes.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets (ungreased).
• Bake for 22- 24 minutes or until lightly colored on top and golden brown on bottom.
• Rotate the cookie sheets halfway through the baking time to ensure even baking.
• When the cookies are done, let them cool on the pans for 5 minutes, then gently roll each hot cookie in powdered sugar to coat.
• Cool completely on a rack before storing.
• If desired, you can roll each cookie in powdered sugar again once completely cooled for more even coating.
• Cookies may be stored, airtight, for at least 2 weeks.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• SIFT TOGETHER flour, soda, and sugar, and then add pecans.
• Next add slightly beaten eggs and the crushed Pineapples.
• Pour batter into a 9x13 cake pan that has been greased and flour.
• Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees; cake will be dark.
• While cake is still hot, using a fork punch holes in top of cake.
• Mix icing with mixer until smooth and spread on cake while it is still hot!
• Let cake cool and serve.
• Enjoy!