Cookie Exchange
Yesterday was my daughters Holiday Cookie exchange.
Even though most of her guests didn’t make it we had a really nice assortment of goodies.
Cookies
I made my Cherry Chocolate Kisses cookies, Sugar Cookies for the kids to decorate, Mexican Wedding Cookies and Chocolate dipped Marshmallows.
Mexican Wedding Cookies are really easy to make, only include 5 ingredients and taste wonderful. They are my husbands favorite and since he has been feeling under the weather lately at the last minute I decided to make them also.
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mexican Wedding Cookie Recipe
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
1 tsp Vanilla
2 cups of all-purpose unbleached flour
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Beat the butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in your kitchen-aid mixer until light and fluffy about 5 minutes. If you don’t have a stand mixer use a hand held mixer.
Add vanilla and beat until vanilla is completely incorporated.
Slowly begin to add the flour 1 cup at a time.
Mix with your mixer until the dough becomes too much for your mixer.
I mixed about 1 1/2 cup of flour and then added the last of the flour and the finely chopped pecans, mixing by hand with a wooden spoon.
Mix until the pecans are evenly distributed through out the dough.
Shape the dough into one inch balls and leave about 2 inches between cookies.
Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until slightly browned.
Cool for 5 minutes and roll the warm cookies in a bowl of the remaining 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
Move cookies to a rack and cool completely. Store in single layers in an air tight container.
Makes about 48 cookies
Enjoy!
I am printing this out right now! I have always loved these cookies but I have never tried to make them. So I am going to do it! Thanks for sharing!
Arlene, what a work of art – that table full of treats! Thanks for sharing the goodies with us. I'll need to try that scrumptious looking recipe.
Hope you'll stop by and pay me a visit too.
Debra
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Delicious, I just want to eat them all up. Pinned.
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Thanks for the recipe and cannot wait to try the Mexican cookies. I was looking for posts about weddings but in turn have a sweet new project to attempt.
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