Mexican Wedding Cookies

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: Food Network Caters Your Vegas Wedding

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Cook Time:
40 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 1/2 dozen cookies

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 30 min
Cook: 40 min
Total:: 1 hr 40 min

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for coating baked cookies
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting hands
1 cup pecans, chopped into very small pieces

Directions

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar at low speed until it is smooth. Beat in the vanilla. At low speed gradually add the flour. Mix in the pecans with a spatula. With floured hands, take out about 1 tablespoon of dough and shape into a crescent. Continue to dust hands with flour as you make more cookies. Place onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 40 minutes. When cool enough to handle but still warm, roll in additional confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

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recipe Mexican Wedding Cookies
Irene Galveston, TX 01-22-2009
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Paula Has A Better Cookie Recipe!
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I feel this recipe does not compare to Paula's "Buttery Finger Cookies" from the Candy/Sweets Show. Similiar ingredients, but... with much better taste especially if you add mini chocolate chips. Try them!Read more
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Dorothy Brooklyn, NY 12-22-2008
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The Best Ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made this cookie severial times and I love them. I have served them at lunceons that I have had for my friends and... they love them. I am going to the kitchen right now to make some for my grand children and my friends for Christmas.Read more
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Hillary Davie, FL 05-17-2008
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AMAZING COOKIES!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are by far one of the best cookies I have ever baked. Every person who has tasted htese has requested them for parties... & gifts. I make them for parties, gifts or just to give to my frends & family when I visit. They are a huge hit.Read more
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Quinnesha Huntington, WV 04-18-2007
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A HIT!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these for my brothers engagement party last week and they were a hit!!! I still have people asking me where I... purchased them :) Thanks PAULA!! I love your show!!!!Read more
recipe Mexican Wedding Cookies
Arlene Kissimmee, FL 02-21-2007
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great for any occasion
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is easy to make, and tastres great. I made them into round balls, and iced them as bloodshot eyeballs for... Halloween! Everyone at my son's job loved them!Read more
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Jacqueline Loxahatchee, FL 02-09-2007
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Easy and Yummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Although I have been called the Cookie Lady by many people, I must say that Paula's recipe for Mexican Wedding Cakes in much... better than the one I have used previously. Her use of confectioners sugar versus granulated sugar, produces a lovely melt in your mouth cookie. Also baking them at a lower temp. for a longer period of time is a very definite factor in their outcome. Paula, you're my hero.Read more