A good "Mexican Wedding Cake" recipe?

Question

I just had some homemade "Mexican Wedding Cake" cookies and they were delicious. I want to try making them. There are lots of different recipes online but can someone help me out by posting a good recipe and maybe some tips? Thanks!

Answer 1

Mexican Wedding Cakes - makes 5 dozen
1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. almond extract (or 2 tsp. vanilla)
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 to 2 cups ground nuts

Grind nuts in food processor or blender. We normally use almonds - blanched or sliced and the almond extract, but walnuts or pecans are good also with the vanilla extract. I probably use 2 to 2 1/2 cups of nuts before grinding.

Cream together sugar and butter
Add balance of ingredients except nuts and mix well. Add ground nuts and mix well.

Chill dough until easy to handle. Shape dough into 1" balls and flatten slightly with your fingers.

Bake 12 minutes in a 325 F preheated oven.

***Dredge cookies in powdered sugar while still warm.

More hints...
I use a regular spoon to get some of the dough out, then the heat in my fingers warms it enough to shape into a flattened 3/8" high by 1 1/2" round and place it on the cookie sheet. The cookies don't spread much while baking. I put some powdered sugar in a shallow bowl to cover the warm cookies and then put them back onto the cooling racks. I put wax paper under the cooling racks to catch the sugar that falls off. When we put the cooled cookies into a cookie tin, we then shake the extra sugar into the tin off the paper.

Forgot to tell you the cookies don't brown in the oven, but you can tell they're done because they get dry around the edges.

It wouldn't be Christmas for us without these cookies.

Answer 2

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKE

2 c. flour
2 tsp. soda
20 oz. can crushed pineapple including juice
1 c. chopped pecans
2 c. sugar
2 eggs

Combine ingredients, stir until well mixed. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 inch pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes. May frost or leave plain. Keeps well, better second or third day.

FROSTING:

8 oz. cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix until lumps are gone. Add 1 cup chopped pecans.

Answer 3

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

1 c. butter
1 tsp. almond extract
2 c. flour
1 c. chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts, or pecans)
Powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients except powdered sugar. Shape into balls. Bake at 300 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet for 30 minutes. While still warm, cover completely with powdered sugar.

Answer 4

My sister and I use this recipe.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/Mexican%20Wedding%20Cakes.html
We love this site, it has a lot of excellent recipes.

Answer 5

make a tortilla and put some syrup on top, BAM!, like emeryl you got a mexican pancake