Best 14 Mexican Wedding Cakes Recipes

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and 1 cup confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes; beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans. , Shape tablespoons of dough into 2-in. crescents. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake until light brown, 12-15 minutes. Roll cookies in additional confectioners' sugar while warm; cool on wire racks.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Mix all the ingredients together with a mixer until well blended. Roll dough into round small balls.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool completely then roll in additional confectionary sugar.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. 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.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and cinnamon in pie dish to blend. Set cinnamon sugar aside.
• 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. 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. 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.)
• Sift remaining cinnamon sugar over cookies and serve.

CHOCOLATE MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, cornstarch, cocoa and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts., Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until set., In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining confectioners' sugar. Roll warm cookies in sugar mixture; cool on wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, process pecans with 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar, until very fine. Mix in flour, cocoa and salt & set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar; Blend until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla until well blended.
• Add flour mixtureslowly, until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Form dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Mix together remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar and cinnamon. When cookies have cooled slightly, roll in cinnamon mixture. Finish cooling on wire racks.
• Makes 36 cookies.

PECAN PUFFS (AKA MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES OR RUSSIAN TEA CAKES)

Steps:

• Cream butter, add sugar and remaining ingredients.
• Roll into small balls, and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake in 325 F oven for 30 minutes.
• Roll balls into powdered sugar when hot, and again when cool.
• Note: These cookies taste best when thoroughly cooled (ie best served the next day--if you can wait!).

PISTACHIO AND CHERRY MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 3 heavy large baking sheets. Using electric mixer, beat 2 cups butter and 1 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and salt, then pistachios and cherries. Using spatula, stir in all flour (do not overmix dough).
• Shape dough by generous tablespoonfuls into football-shaped ovals. Place on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until bottoms just begin to color, about 16 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets 10 minutes before coating.
• Pour generous amount of powdered sugar into medium bowl. Working with 5 or 6 warm cookies at a time, add cookies to bowl of sugar; gently turn to coat thickly. Transfer cookies to sheet of waxed paper. Repeat to coat cookies with sugar again; cool completely. do ahead Can be made 4 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES I

Steps:

• Cream together confectioner's sugar and butter. Add vanilla, cinnamon and almonds.
• Knead in flour by hand until completely mixed.
• Chill dough for about an hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Roll out dough to one inch thickness. Cut into 1 inch pieces, and roll quickly and gently into a ball. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake for about 15 minutes.
• When baked, dip or roll in confectioner's sugar. Store airtight in layers with waxed paper in between.

POLVORONES (MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400^F.
• In a large bowl, beat shortening and butter until fluffy.
• Add sugar a little bit at a time.
• Add egg yolks, orange juice, and peel.
• Stir in flour with spatula.
• On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 3/4". Cut out 2 1/2" circles and place them on a greased baking sheet. Roll the dough scraps and continue to roll until all the dough is used.
• Bake for 25 minutes. Be careful not to overcook them--they are done when they are barely starting to tan.
• Transfer to a rack to cool.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar through a fine sieve.

POLVORONES (MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl beat margarine'til softened.
• Add sugar; beat'til fluffy.
• Stir in flour, nuts and a dash of salt.
• Cover; chill 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Shape dough into 1" balls.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes; remove and roll in powdered sugar.
• Let cool completely and roll again in powdered sugar.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Cooking tip: For packing a variety of cookies in tins, place these in muffins papers to keep them from getting powdered sugar over different types of cookies.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar with the butter and vanilla and beat till fluffy.
• Mix flour with the salt, then add flour 1/2 cup at a time, then add the almonds, stirring until a nice dough forms.
• Make 1-inch balls of the dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1-inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven about 15-18 minutes or until set (don't let them brown).
• Remove from cookie sheets, cool 1 minute, then roll in some powdered sugar.
• Allow to cool 10-15 minutes (sugar will get damp) and reroll in the sugar.

RUSSIAN TEACAKES OR MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 F In a large mixing bowl, combine softened butter (2 sticks= 1 cup) powdered sugar 1/2 cup vanilla and almond extract 1/2tsp each *I like to cut my butter up even if it is soft, just makes the process easier. Beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 2. In a bowl to the side ready to go... flour and salt, mix this up a bit with a fork or wisk.
• 3. Combine flour and butter mixture still using the mixer, and add pecans until blended. I have stopped short a few times and I liked it equally as well.
• 4. *Once combined, the mixture should be able to be made into walnut sized balls, any bigger or smaller you should adjust baking time. This is not a perfect science so don't worry over it.
• 5. Place the balls on a ungreased cookie sheet two inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes *Immediately roll cookies in powdered sugar. *Cool completely and REROLL cookies again in powdered sugar before storing.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream butter adding sugar gradually.
• Blend in salt, vanilla, and flour.
• If too soft, chill until firm.
• Scoop small pieces of dough, roll in hand to make a small ball, and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven about 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
• While still hot, roll cookies in powdered sugar.
• Move to a wire rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES RECIPE

Steps:

• Prep Time 20 Minutes Cooking Time 10 Minutes Makes 24 PREHEAT oven to 350º F. BEAT butter and sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour, nuts and cinnamon. Stir in 1 ½ cups morsels. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased baking sheets. BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until set and light golden brown on bottom. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. MICROWAVE remaining morsels in heavy-duty plastic bag or in a bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 30 seconds; knead. Microwave at 10- to 15- second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut a tiny corner from bag; squeeze to drizzle over cookies. Refrigerate cookies for about 5 minutes or until chocolate is set. Store at room temperature in airtight container.