Description
Sweet Mexican wedding cookies combine buttery richness with nutty almonds, creating delicate powdered sugar-coated treats. Delightful cookie classics from Mexico melt in your mouth, offering pure culinary bliss you’ll cherish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (225 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups (250 g / 8.8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) finely chopped pecans or walnuts
- ½ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) powdered sugar, plus extra for coating
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper, creating an ideal baking environment for delicate cookies.
- Butter Transformation: Cream softened butter and powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy, developing a smooth, airy base for the cookies.
- Flavor Infusion: Blend in vanilla extract thoroughly, distributing aromatic essence evenly throughout the developing dough while maintaining its delicate texture.
- Dough Formation: Gently fold in flour and salt, mixing until a cohesive dough forms, carefully avoiding overworking to preserve the cookie’s tender consistency.
- Nutty Enhancement: Incorporate chopped pecans or walnuts, ensuring an even distribution of nutty fragments throughout the dough for added texture and flavor.
- Cookie Shaping: Form uniform balls by scooping tablespoon-sized portions and rolling them between palms, creating consistent, smooth spheres with gentle pressure.
- Baking Process: Arrange cookie balls on prepared sheets with ample spacing, then bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until bottoms develop a subtle golden hue.
- Cooling and Finishing: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then carefully coat each warm cookie in a luxurious layer of powdered sugar.
- Final Dusting: Once completely cooled, apply a second generous coating of powdered sugar, creating a thick, elegant white exterior that melts delightfully when eaten.
Notes
- Chill Dough Effectively: Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes before shaping to prevent spreading and maintain cookie’s delicate round shape during baking.
- Handle Nuts Carefully: Toast nuts lightly before chopping to enhance their nutty flavor and prevent moisture absorption, ensuring crisp cookie texture.
- Master Sugar Coating: Use a sifter or fine mesh strainer for even, light powdered sugar coverage, preventing clumpy or uneven coating on cookies.
- Gluten-Free Adaptation: Substitute all-purpose flour with almond flour or gluten-free blend to make recipe suitable for those with wheat sensitivities, maintaining similar tender crumb and texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 174
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 0.1 g
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg