Description
These Mexican wedding cookies are my favorite for gifting cookie boxes!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (125 grams) flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup (~40 grams) chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Evenly sprinkle over the flour and salt and beat again, just until mixed.
- Finally, stir in the pecans.
- Divide into 12 dough balls on a cookie sheet and bake for 11-14 minutes. Look for slightly browning edges.
- Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Pour the powdered sugar into a small shallow bowl. Remove each cookie from the sheet and roll it carefully in powdered sugar. Move the cookies to a rack to cool completely before serving.
Notes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 201
- Sugar: 6 grams
- Sodium: 50 milligrams
- Fat: 6 grams
- Saturated Fat: 3 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 34 grams
- Fiber: 1 gram
- Protein: 3 grams
- Cholesterol: 15 milligrams