Mexican Wedding Cakes (Cookie Exchange Quantity)
- 1 Hour 40 Minutes Prep2 Hours 10 Minutes Total
- 72 Servings
- 90 Calories per Serving
Celebrate with rich and buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies. You’ll find that one just isn’t enough!
Ingredient List
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped nuts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Additional powdered sugar
Preparation
- Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Roll in additional powdered sugar while warm. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar again.
Tips
- Mexican Surprise Wedding Cakes: Make cookies as directed--except shape each ball of dough around 1 Hershey®’s Kisses® milk chocolate filled with caramel.
- You can freeze these cookies up to three months. You may want to reroll them in a little extra powdered sugar.
Nutrition Information
Servings: 72
Serving size: 1 Cookie
Amount per serving (Calories ): 90
| Food component / Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | 6g | 10% |
| Saturated Fat | 2&½g | 13% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | % Value not available |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 50mg | 2% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 8g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0g | 0% |
| Soluble Fiber | 0g | % Value not available |
| Sugars | 2g | % Value not available |
| Protein | 1g | % Value not available |
| Vitamin D | Value not available | 0% |
| Vitamin E | Value not available | 0% |
| Calcium | Value not available | 0% |
| Iron | Value not available | 2% |
| Potassium | 15mg | 0% |
| Thiamin | Value not available | 4% |
| Riboflavin | Value not available | 2% |
| Niacin | Value not available | 2% |
| Vitamin B6 | Value not available | 0% |
| Vitamin B12 | Value not available | 0% |
| Pantothenic Acid | Value not available | 0% |
| Phosphorus | Value not available | 0% |
| Magnesium | Value not available | 0% |
| Zinc | Value not available | 0% |
| Manganese | Value not available | 6% |
| Selenium | Value not available | 4% |
| Copper | Value not available | 2% |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. | ||
Exchanges
- Starch ½,
- Fruit 0,
- Other Carbohydrate 0,
- Skim Milk 0,
- Low-Fat Milk 0,
- Milk 0,
- Vegetable 0,
- Very Lean Meat 0,
- Lean Meat 0,
- Medium-Fat Meat 0,
- High-Fat Meat 0,
- Fat 1
Carbohydrate Choice
- Choices per serving½
