Mexican Wedding Cakes
Source: Mommy Stone
- 1 cup Butter (use real butter)
- 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
- 2 cup flour
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I usually use pecans, slivered almonds are also good)
- 2 Teaspoon vanilla
- Extra powdered sugar for the end
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter with sugar. Add flour gradually, beating well after each addition. Add nuts and vanilla. Blend well. Shape into small balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 15 - 18 minutes. Take them out when they just start to brown. You don't want them over-baked. Roll in powdered sugar. The recipe claims it makes 4 dozen cookies but I'm dubious.
Variation: Ghoraiybah
For a cookie very similar the Ghoraiybah cookie mentioned in AllRecipes.com, substitute the 2 tsp vanilla with 1 heaping tsp Cardamon and add an addition 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (since Colorado is so dry, I also added 1 tbs water). For nuts, use sliced almonds.
Nutritional Information
Servings Per Recipe: 48
Nutritional information assumes standard recipe using pecans for the 1 cup of nuts. It also assumes using unsalted butter and adding 1/2 tsp of salt to compensate.
4% of calories from protein
30% of calories from carbs
65% of calories from fat
| Calories | 73.35 |
| Total Fat | 5.35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.82 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.51 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.93 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.02 g |
| Omega-6 | 0.49 g |
| Cholesterol | 10.00 |
| Sodium | 24.36 mg |
| Potassium | 15.17 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 5.56 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.36 g |
| Sugars | 1.35 g |
| Protein | 0.75 g |
| Vitamin A | 3 % |
| Vitamin C | 0 % |
| Calcium | 0 % |
| Iron | 2 % |
| Vitamin D | 0 % |
| Vitamin E | 0 % |
| Vitamin K | 0 % |
| Thiamin | 4 % |
| Riboflavin | 2 % |
| Niacin | 2 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 0 % |
| Folate | 3 % |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 % |
| Biotin | 0 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 0 % |
| Phosphorus | 1 % |
| Iodine | 0 % |
| Magnesium | 1 % |
| Zinc | 1 % |
| Selenium | 3 % |
| Copper | 2 % |
| Manganese | 7 % |
| Chromium | 0 % |
| Molybdenum | 0 % |
| Chloride | 0 % |
