Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones de nuez)
These Polvorones de nuez (Mexican wedding cookies, or walnut cookies for Christmas) come from a classmate, Yolanda Serrano, at the Instituto Familiar Y Social in Guadalajara. There they would never wrap them up so garishly, but rather they would be put on a delicate crystal platter or silver tray. These are wrapped in papel de China, the brightly colored tissue paper that we call "Chinese."
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar plus additional for dusting
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup walnuts or pecans very finely chopped but not ground
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cream butter until very light. Add sugar and vanilla and beat for 1 or 2 minutes more. Gradually beat in flour; stir in the walnuts.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls, using about 1 tablespoon of dough for each. You should have 24 cookies. Place them about an inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake on second highest shelf of oven for 15 minutes, turning cookie sheet once so that they bake evenly. They should be only lightly colored.
- Carefully transfer cookies to a rack and let cool completely.
- Roll in sifted confectioners sugar and wrap like party favors in colored tissue paper.
Nutrition
Calories: 80kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 34mgPotassium: 23mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 119IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
