My special recipe was given to me by my stepfather who was a master baker and the creator of most items in my. Looking at these cookies you could mistake them for Melting Moments, as the only difference between the two is that Mexican Wedding Cakes contain The secret to great tasting Mexican Wedding Cakes is to use a high quality butter and pure vanilla extract. Butter in the States is graded according to.

Ingredients of Wedding Cookies (Butter Cookies)

  1. It's of Ingredients.
  2. Prepare 2 cup of all purpose flour.
  3. It's 1/2 cup of white sugar.
  4. You need 1/3 cup of chopped pecans.
  5. It's 1 cup of butter or marg. (prefer butter).
  6. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla (if desired).
  7. You need 1/3 cup of confectioners sugar (for rolling).

Wedding Cookies (Butter Cookies) instructions

  1. Beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, beat until fluffy. Add flour, and beat at low speed until well blended, stir in pecans..
  2. Shape into one inch balls. Bake at 325°F (165 degrees C) on an ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes. Remove and put on wire rack to cool or put on waxed paper. Roll in confectioners' sugar..
  3. Also, they are very yummy lightly dusted with cinnamon..
  4. I always double this recipe. Store them in a tin lined with waxed paper..
  5. Makes around 4 dozen..

Make them in fun cutout shapes for the holidays or any time of year—you never need an excuse to whip up a batch of these oh-so-sweet cookies. Also called Mexican Wedding, Snowball Cookies, or Tea Cookies, these Pecan Sandies have a melt-in-your-mouth crumbly texture. My recipe uses chopped pecans, which adds to the delicate buttery crumble. Since there is no egg that would give them a chewy texture, the butter, nuts and flour give. Whether you call them butter balls, Russian Tea Cookies, Mexican Wedding cookies or the myriad of other names they go by, we call them delicious. *wipes.

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