Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe
These Mexican Wedding Cookies are the quintessential Christmas cookie! Also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Snowball Cookies, these easy Mexican Wedding Cookies require only a few ingredients and bake up quickly.
Servings: 30 cookies (about)
Calories: 121kcal
Ingredients
Snowballs
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract, optional
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
Topping
- 1 - 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Beat butter and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy, about 30 seconds or so.
- Add in vanilla and almond extract, mixing until combined.
- Mix in salt, flour and pecans, until combined.
- Roll dough into 1” balls and place on the baking sheet about 1” apart (these cookies do not spread much).
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are very light brown (these can over bake quickly).
- Allow to cool about 5-6 minutes, or until they are still warm but cool enough to touch. Roll each in powdered sugar and allow to cool entirely on parchment paper. Re-roll in powdered sugar.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 26mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 190IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.5mg