Mexican Wedding Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
1 confectioners' sugar for garnish
Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until smooth in mixer bowl. Add
flour, salt and vanilla and mix until blended. Mix in nuts.
Roll teaspoon-size pieces of dough in a ball and put onto an ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes. The cookie
bottoms should be golden brown. Roll cookies in confectioners' sugar immediately
after baking. |