Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies

My husband’s Grandma makes a massive assortment of perfect cookies around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mexican Wedding Cookies are always in the mix. Just like with other cookies cook off a single cookie to make sure it doesn’t flatten too much. This recipe is generally very accurate but if the cookie does flatten out too much then add a little more flour. Be carful not to add too much though. Keep dough in refrigerator between rolling batches for the oven.

Ingredients
1 cup of softened butter
½ cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt
2 ¼ cups flour
3/4 to 1 cup chopped walnuts
Some extra powdered sugar for rolling the cookies in after they are baked

Steps
1. Whip the softened butter with an electric hand mixer until it is full and creamy.
2. Add in the powdered sugar and whip more.  Don’t worry, you can’t over whip.
3. Mix in the vanilla and salt.
4. Mix in the flour.
5. Mix in the chopped walnuts.
6. Roll into 1 to 2 inch balls or form into more of a cookie shape and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
7. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until they begin to get a little golden.
8. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes then roll in powdered sugar. A little powdered sugar goes a long way when rolling. A ¼ cup of powdered sugar should be more than enough.