mexican wedding cookies

Name: MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 4 tablespoon(s) granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 stick(s) butter or margarine, melted; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cup(s) chopped pecans; 1/2 to 2/3 cup(s) powdered sugar

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Bea L.

Emerald Isle, NC

Updated on Dec 30, 2010

I've made these cookies for many years. Some people call them Pecan Sandies or Crescents but the recipe I use is actually called Mexican Wedding Cookies. These are one of my favorite cookies because they're crunchy but not hard and not too sweet but sweet enough. The recipe is from my mom's church cookbook and the recipe was submitted by Cheryl Gardner.

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yield approximately 6 doz

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups chopped pecans
1/2 to 2/3 cups powdered sugar

How To Make mexican wedding cookies

Step 1

Preheat oven to 250. Melt butter or margarine. Line cookie sheet with foil and spray with Pam.

Step 2

Mix all ingredients together. Form into desired shape (ie; balls, fingers or crescents). Place onto cookie sheet and bake at 250 for 45 to 60 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar while cookies are still warm.
Step 3

Note: I have actually used self-rising flour and omitted the salt and they worked fine.
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