layout: recipe title: “Mexican Wedding Cookies” image: imagecredit: tags: baking, cookie

ingredients:

• 2^1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 cups butter softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt
• powdered sugar for rolling baked cookies

directions:

• Cream together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy; stir in vanilla
• Whisk together flour and salt.
• Gradually add butter mixter and stir in chopped nuts.
• Chill dough if it seems too soft.
• Form dough into 1^1/4” balls and place onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies start to turn light golden-brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• While cookies are warm, but not hot, roll a few times in powdered sugar until evenly coated and allow to cool completely.
• Do a second roll in powdered sugar once cooled to room temperature.