With chopped nuts inside and a sugar-coated outside, these buttery, light, crunchy, and ball-shaped cookies are made according to a traditional Mexican wedding cake recipe. When arranged on a platter in miniature cupcake liners, they look beautiful.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 42 |
| Yield: | 42 cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus more for finishing
- 2 cups finely chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl. Mix in vanilla, then gradually mix in flour and confectioners’ sugar until incorporated. Mix in walnuts. Roll dough into small balls and place onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Roll cooled cookies in additional confectioners’ sugar.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 67 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 7 g |
| Cholesterol | 1 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy. Not much prep. I had to bake about 14 mins. I am getting use to an electric oven. Lol Taste test by 15 yr. Old young man. He says thumbs up.
they are really good
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Oh My Goodness, these were so easy to make. My husband raved over them, saying they are the best he’s ever had. :>}
I gave four stars due to having to make some adjustments. I doubled the vanilla and added about 3 tbsp more butter to get the texture just right. With those changes, they were outstanding!
This recipe is great for people with dietary restrictions because it is quite easily modified to a paleo version. I substitute almond flour for plain white flour; use stevia powdered sugar instead of plain. I increase the amount of butter slightly to make the almond flour moister.
Friends and neighbors loved it. Was asked to make more for them.
These were absolutely delicious and so easy! Made exactly the way the recipe instructed. Everyone raved about them. Definitely will make them again.
So easy to whip up a batch within 5 minutes, delicious! Takes me back to my childhood Christmas memories. Yum!
I made this with a few changes. I added 1 teaspoon of almond flavor, a 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3 more tablespoons of confectioner sugar a and 1 cup of finely chopped pecans. They were very tasty.
Soooo good! I used almond extract along with vanilla. They came out great, and so easy to make!
Super easy to make.
My favorite cookie! I use pecans, walnuts and black walnuts depending on what I have on hand. I do bring the nuts finer and I also sift the flour and powdered sugar together. Great recipe!
This was my first time making Mexican Wedding Cakes (aka Russian Tea Cakes or Snowball Cookies) and I’m thrilled with the results!! This recipe was a cinch to make and used minimal ingredients. It only took about a half hour of total prep and bake time. The majority of the effort was shouldered by my stand mixer, but a hand mixer would easily do the trick. I made these as a Christmas treat, so I bought festive cupcake liners to place the cakes in, and they look great!!
My favorite Christmas cookies! you must roll/coat them with powdered sugar as soon as you can possibly touch them, and then roll again in powdered sugar again after totally cooled. The secret to baking is the edges will be lt. brown, but insides will be done if just firm when removing from oven. Handle carefully for 1st sugar coating as they are fragile at this stage!! After that, not so much…accidentalyy scrunched a zip-lock bag full against the side of a wicker chair and all survived!! enjoy!
No, but it came out tasting too much flour
I loved this recipe. I followed it exactly the first time and then put my spin on it when I made it again. I made several different batches using different extracts and nuts , so I ended up with varieties. My family loved them. I plan on making them and giving out as Christmas gifts to my co-workers. They are so moist and you can’t just eat one!
We both really enjoyed the cookies. We rarely give a 5* as that is for only the best of the best. Maybe add a little more butter??? but a very good cookie.
These were a hit at cookie exchange. I had to add a bit more flour to dough.
They’re disappearing as fast as I make them! I made our nut free. I’m thinking I’ll try some lemon zest for freshness next time.
These were ok, but i wouldn’t make this recipe again without modifications. I added twice the amount of vanilla but it still needed more. In my opinion it also should only have half the nuts and they need to be chopped very fine. If you do this it will hopefully turn out much better!