Mexican Wedding Cookies
5
Points®
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
12
Difficulty
Easy
These rich, nutty, buttery cookies are made in many countries to serve at holidays and celebrations. In Mexico, they’re sometimes called polvorones, which originates from the word polvo, Spanish for powder; it refers to the confectioners’ sugar they’re always dusted with.
Ingredients
Unsalted butter
⅓ cup(s), unsalted, room temperature
Confectioners' sugar
¼ cup(s)
Confectioners' sugar
1 tsp
Egg yolk
1 medium
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
Ground cinnamon
⅛ tsp
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
All-purpose flour
1 cup(s)
Unsalted pecan halves
⅓ cup(s), toasted and very finely chopped