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Mexican Snowdrop Cookies
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Nut, Mexican, Baking, Cookie, Christmas

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Kathleen Hackett

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    • With a dusting of icy blue and white sanding sugar, these classic holiday cookies glisten like freshly fallen snow.

    Ingredients

    Makes: cookies

    Directions

    Preheat the oven to 325°F. Combine the flour and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in a bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream the butter until pale yellow and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and mix until thoroughly combined. Add the flour mixture gradually until incorporated. Add the pecans and mix until the dough is studded throughout.

    Working with 2 teaspoonsful of dough at a time, roll it into a ball and place on a cookie sheet. Continue with remaining dough. Bake for 30 minutes.

    Meanwhile, spread the remaining powdered sugar on a shallow plate. Roll the warm cookies into the powdered sugar and let cool. Set the powdered sugar aside. On a second plate spread the sanding sugar mix. Roll the cooled cookies in the powdered sugar again, followed by a roll in the sanding sugar. Transfer to a tray and repeat with remaining cookies.

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    5 Comments

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    elaine

    this receipe reminds me of mexican wedding cakes, easy to make and delcious to eat. Love this site

    December 19 2011 at 12:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Conde'

    The overall Recipes section is fantastic and an every-day cook necessity. It's a must and I thank you very kindly.

    July 17 2011 at 8:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Flipper

    These are delicious cookies, but the recipe says bake for 30 minutes. I have made these for years and they only bake about 10 minutes????

    December 21 2010 at 2:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    phoenix@love.com

    Roy, don't be a hater. My family knows these cookies as Mexican wedding cakes, but whatever you call them -- they are delicious!

    December 14 2010 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Roy

    this is a classic known as a russian tea ball, NOT a mexican anything, I have never heard it referrred to and would appreciate it if everything in america did not have mexican attached to it. PLEASE!!!!!

    December 09 2010 at 7:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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