Mexican-Style Wedding Cookies
Comments: These cookies will keep for many days... ; just before serving, really lightly sprinkle cookies with extra fine sugar.
  • 1/2 cup [115 g] butter
  • 2 tablespoons [30 g] extra fine sugar
  • 1 cup [140 g] flour
  • 1 cup [250 mL] chopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] vanilla
  • Exra fine sugar
  • Preheat oven to 300°F [150°C].
  • Cream together butter and sugar, until light.
  • Stir in flour, chopped pecans and vanilla.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch [2.5-cm] balls.
  • Arrange balls onto greased cookie sheets; lightly flatten dough balls.
  • Bake cookies into preheated oven, for 25 to 30 minutes [keep oven hot].
  • Dip each hot cookie into extra fine sugar.
  • Leave to cool completely, onto cookie sheets; dip cookies once more into extra fine sugar.
  • Bake cookies once more into preheated oven, until just golden.