Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe

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Mexican Wedding Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups pecans
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a food processor with knife blade attached, pulse pecans with 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar until very finely ground.
  3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and ground pecans.
  4. In a large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar 1 minute or until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour and pecan mixture just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl.
  5. Shape dough by rounded measuring teaspoons into 1-inch balls. Place balls, 1 1/2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.
  6. Bake cookies 13 to 15 minutes or until bottoms are browned and cookies are light golden. Let stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes to firm up slightly, then transfer to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough.
  7. Place confectioners' sugar in pie plate. Roll cooled cookies in sugar to coat, twice if needed.
  8. Note: Make sure cookies are completely cooled before rolling in the confectioners' sugar; if they're still warm, the coating will get sticky.
  9. Store cookies, putting waxed paper between layers, in tightly sealed container at room temperature up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1975.87 Kcal (8273 kJ)
Calories from fat 1023.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 113.73g 175%
Cholesterol 168.51mg 56%
Sodium 252.25mg 11%
Potassium 503.72mg 11%
Total Carbs 233.8g 78%
Sugars 157.12g 628%
Dietary Fiber 10.56g 42%
Protein 19.66g 39%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 3.8mg 21%
Calcium 98mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 492.21 Kcal (2061 kJ)
Calories from fat 254.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.33g 175%
Cholesterol 41.98mg 56%
Sodium 62.84mg 11%
Potassium 125.48mg 11%
Total Carbs 58.24g 78%
Sugars 39.14g 628%
Dietary Fiber 2.63g 42%
Protein 4.9g 39%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 19%
Iron 0.9mg 21%
Calcium 24.4mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 48.2
    Points
  • 56
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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