How to Make Mexican Wedding Cookies | The Pioneer Woman - Ree Drummond Recipes
Mexican wedding cookies—also known as snowball cookies—are a classic addition to any Christmas cookie plate. Petite and popp-able, these simple, buttery cookies are rolled into a ball shape, then dredged in powdered sugar giving them a snowy, festive look fitting for the holidays. Plus, they're just about the easiest Christmas cookie you could make, and perfectly giftable, too!
What do Mexican wedding cookies taste like?
Mexican wedding cookies are buttery and crumbly, like a shortbread cookie. Pecans add a certain nutty flavor to them while the orange zest and cardamom add subtle brightness and warmth.
What else do people call Mexican wedding cookies?
Present this cookie to friends and family and they might exclaim, Ah, Italian wedding cookies! or identify them as perhaps Greek. Many different countries and cultures claim a cookie like this as their own. Call them what you like—these cookies are familiar to many people and are sure to draw smiles around the holidays.
What ingredients are in Mexican wedding cookies?
With just five ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour, and pecans, Mexican wedding cookies are one of the easiest cookies to make. This recipe ups the ante with a few flavorful additions like orange zest and cardamom. Keep it simple or add each of these optional ingredients, if you like. Or try cinnamon and lemon zest, in place of the cardamom and orange zest.
I don't like pecans. What other nuts can I use in Mexican wedding cookies?
Try chopped pistachios, almonds, or walnuts. All work well in place of pecans here!
Why are my Mexican wedding cookies crumbly?
This simple cookie recipe is not bound with an egg, or any other wet ingredients. That said, it is important to soften the butter properly, in order for this dough to come together. If the butter is too cold, it won't be soft enough to bind the sugar, flour and nuts, making it crumbly and difficult to work with. Too warm and the dough might be greasy and difficult to roll into balls. Soften the butter to just cooler than room temperature and the dough should be perfect.
YIELDS:
2 dz.
PREP TIME:
10 mins
TOTAL TIME:
30 mins
Ingredients
1 c. salted butter, softened.
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar, divided, plus more for dusting.
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. orange zest, finely chopped (optional)
1/2 tsp. ground cardamom (optional)
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. pecans very finely chopped.
Directions
1
To a large bowl, add the softened butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, vanilla, orange zest, and cardamom, if using. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed, until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the flour and mix on low speed just until combined. Add the pecans and mix on low speed just until combined, scraping the bottom and sides of the bowl as needed.
2
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Position one oven rack in the top third of the oven, and the other rack in the bottom third of the oven. Scoop mounded tablespoonfuls of dough and roll each into a ball. Place about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet.
3
Bake just until the bottoms of the cookies are lightly golden, 20 to 22 minutes, rotating the baking sheet from the upper to lower rack halfway through. Let cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring a few at a time to a bowl with the remaining 3/4 cup of powdered sugar. Dredge the cookies while they are warm, then transfer to a cooling rack set over a baking sheet to cool completely.
4
Once cool, sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired. Store in an airtight container in a single layer, between layers of parchment paper, in a cool, dry place for up to 1 week.
Tip: You can substitute finely chopped walnuts, almonds, or pistachios in this recipe.
Claire Saffitz Makes Easy Homemade Pinwheel Cookies | Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz Makes Easy Homemade Pinwheel Cookies | Dessert Person
To make these pinwheel cookies, phyllo dough is brushed with melted butter, sprinkled with cardamom sugar, rolled into a spiraled log, and sliced and baked. In the oven, the melted butter and cardamom sugar mingle and caramelize on the sheet pan, forming a glassy surface, while the phyllo bakes up flaky and golden all the way through. The cookies are so shatteringly tender that they give palmiers, a buttery French cookie
made from puff pastry (and one of my favorite cookies), a run for their money.
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¾ cup demerara sugar (5.3 oz / 150g)
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
Pinch of kosher salt
9 sheets frozen phyllo dough measuring 18 × 13 inches (8 oz / 226g),
thawed overnight in the refrigerator
10 tablespoons unsalted butter (5 oz / 142g), melted
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How To Make Snowball Almond Cookies - Classic Holiday Recipe
These almond snowball cookies just melt in your mouth. Perfect Christmas cookies since they look like darling little snowballs. A classic holiday cookie!
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How to Make This Iconic Cardamom Cake | Genius Recipes
This week's Genius Recipe is a simple, unforgettable cake with a crackly top and fluffed cardamom crumb from Niloufer Ichaporia King. Be warned: You may be making it for birthdays, Mother's Days, and all other snacking occasions from here on out. GET THE RECIPE ►►
CORRECTION: Niloufer's book My Bombay Kitchen was the first Parsi cookbook by a Parsi author published in the United States. (In the video, Kristen failed to say published in the United States.) To learn even more on Parsi cooking from authors worldwide, check out Niloufer's bibliography in My Bombay Kitchen.
Cardamom Cake From Niloufer Ichaporia King
PREP TIME: 25 minutes
COOK TIME: 35 minutes
MAKES: 6-10 servings
INGREDIENTS
1 1/3 cups (264 grams) granulated sugar, plus more for the pan
3/4 cup (65 grams) sliced unblanched almonds, for topping (optional)
4 large eggs
1 1/3 sticks (150 grams) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon (9 grams) cardamom seeds (see Author Notes)
1 1/3 cups (160 grams) all-purpose flour
2 pinches salt
Recipe adapted very slightly from My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking (University of California Press, June 2007).
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