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Mexican Wedding Cakes

Bake these nutty Mexican cookies - a delicious dessert treat for a crowd.

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Prep Time 1 hr 30 min
Total Time 1 hr 30 min
Servings 54

Ingredients

1/2: cup powdered sugar

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

2: teaspoons vanilla

2: cups all-purpose flour

1: cup finely chopped or ground almonds or pecans

1/4: teaspoon salt

3/4: cup powdered sugar

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour, almonds and salt until dough forms.
2 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart.
3 Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
4 Place 3/4 cup powdered sugar in small bowl. Roll cookies in powdered sugar. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar again. Cookies can be placed in an airtight container and freeze up to 3 weeks. Before serving, thaw the cookies and reroll them in powdered sugar.

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These rich butter cookies are also known as Russian Tea Cakes, Swedish Tea Cakes and Greek Wedding Cookies.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 70
Calories from Fat: 40),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4 1/2g; 4 1/2%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 10mg; 10%;
Sodium: 35mg; 35%;
Total Carbohydrate: 7g; 7%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 3g 3% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

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

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 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 1/3/2012 9:40:55 PM REPORT ABUSE ddtat said:

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My daughter-in-law made these cookies as gifts for Christmas to all our families. The cookies were a great success and everyone was stashing away a little of the treasures for themselves. She gladly told me where she found the receipe and here I am sending the receipe to all the cookie lovers.

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Posted 1/12/2011 12:03:21 PM REPORT ABUSE toriisen said:

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So easy to make!! I made these this morning with my two and a half year old. She loved rolling out the little balls. No eggs so it was safe for her to eat the dough which she liked. Very yummy. (I've eaten 5) I didn't get 4 1/2 dozen out of it. I got about 43. Which is more then enough. They are a slightly drier cookie, think more shortbread then sugar cookie. Powdered sugar does make a mess with little kids when eating them, but the nice thing powdered sugar doesn't stain and it's much easier to clean up then frosting. Love this! It's going to become a family favorite I can tell

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