Mexican Tea Cakes we’re always my mother’s favorite cookies. She loves pecans but sometimes she made them with walnuts. When we were little we had the job of rolling the cookies in its second dunking of powdered sugar. I know my sister and I had more powdered sugar in our bellies than on our cookies!
This Christmas cookie event is being hosted by my friend Wendy. She asked us to share a cookie from around the world and our special memories around them. I do remember my mom telling me once that these cookies had a home all around the world. Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Greek Wedding Cakes and Swedish Tea Cakes are other names for these delicious cookies.
If you want to see more Christmas Cookies from Around the World, check these out:
- Sneha’s Recipe presents Cashew Cherry Cookies
- Palatable Pastime serves up Chinese Almond Cookies
- Culinary Adventures with Camilla gives us Hojarascas (Mexican Shortbread Cookies)
- Mayuri’s Jikoni shares Karachi Biscuits
- A Good Life plates Mexican Tea Cookies
- A Day in the Life on the Farm discovers South African Double Crunchers
- Amy’s Cooking Adventures has Stained Glass Ornament Cookies with Orange & Cinnamon
- Making Miracles presents Swedish Snowball Cookies
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories gives us Zimsterne - German Christmas Cookies
Mexican Tea Cakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped or ground pecans
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325°F. In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. At low speed, beat in flour, almonds, and salt until dough forms.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets and roll into the 3/4 c powdered sugar. Coll completely and roll in powdered sugar again.
Notes:
These cookies freeze well.
These are a family favorite, too. Thanks for sharing your recipe, Terri.
ReplyDeleteWe simply call them snowball cookies and we love them as well. Thanks for joining in today.
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