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Mexican Wedding Cakes (Cookie Exchange Quantity)

Celebrate with rich and buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies. You’ll find that one just isn’t enough!

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Prep Time 1 hr 40 min
Total Time 2 hr 10 min
Servings 6

Ingredients

1: cup powdered sugar

2: cups butter or margarine, softened

2: teaspoons vanilla

4 1/2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1: cup finely chopped nuts

1/2: teaspoon salt

: Additional powdered sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
2 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Roll in additional powdered sugar while warm. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar again.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Mexican Surprise Wedding Cakes: Make cookies as directed--except shape each ball of dough around 1 Hershey®’s Kisses® milk chocolate filled with caramel.

You can freeze these cookies up to three months. You may want to reroll them in a little extra powdered sugar.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 90
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6g; 6%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 50mg; 50%;
Total Carbohydrate: 8g; 8%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 2g 2% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/24/2011 1:25:37 PM REPORT ABUSE christina9 said:

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definitely wouldn't make again, just tastes like flour in your mouth..

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Posted 12/14/2011 8:38:39 PM REPORT ABUSE jtgrims said:

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These taste great, melt in your mouth. I put solid hershey kisses in the center to change it up and those tasted awesome as well. Next time I will find the caramel filled ones for variety.

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