Mexican Wedding Cakes

Name: Mexican Wedding Cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 473 milliliters all purpose flour; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) butter, room temperature; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 237 milliliters pecans, toasted, coarsely ground; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many Mexican recipes, so give Mexican Wedding Cakes a try. This dessert has 87 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 48. Head to the store and pick up all purpose flour, powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Wedding event. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy.

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Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until well blended. Beat in flour, then pecans. Divide dough in half; form each half into ball. Wrap separately in plastic; chill until cold, about 30 minutes.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla

Pecans

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.

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Cinnamon Sugar

Powdered Sugar

Cinnamon

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Pie Form

Whisk

Working with half of chilled dough, roll dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between palms into balls. Arrange balls on heavy large baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake cookies until golden brown on bottom and just pale golden on top, about 18 minutes. Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet. Gently toss warm cookies in cinnamon sugar to coat completely.

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Cinnamon Sugar

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Transfer coated cookies to rack and cool completely. Repeat procedure with remaining half of dough. (Cookies can be prepared 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature; reserve remaining cinnamon sugar.)

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Cinnamon Sugar

Dough

Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.

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Cinnamon Sugar

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Servings:

473milliliters

all purpose flour 237milliliters

(2 sticks) butter, room temperature 0teaspoons

ground cinnamon 237milliliters

pecans, toasted, coarsely ground 473milliliters

powdered sugar 2teaspoons

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Mexican works really well with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. One wine you could try is Byron Fiddlestix Vineyard Pinot Noir. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 45 dollars.