Nutty, slightly sweet and absolutely delicious Mexican wedding cookies. They are great to give as edible gifts for the holidays.
I am always looking for new baking recipes and bake-a-thon definitely helps me with that aspect. There are a ton of baked treats that I bookmarked to try and I keep looking for occasions to bake them.
Mexican Wedding Cookies:
I signed up to bring cookies for this year’s thanksgiving and I made 2 different cookies. First up of the two are these easy to make and melt in your mouth Mexican wedding cookies aka Russian Tea Cakes.
What are Mexican Wedding Cookies:
I tried to look up on the history of Mexican wedding cookies, but it sounds like they have nothing to do with weddings in Mexico. Their name in Spanish is Polvorones, which translates to crumbly, referring to the texture of these cookies.
I have a Mexican wedding cookie recipe on the blog that I posted years ago. This recipe is from King Arthur Flour.
Ingredients Needed:
Today’s recipe is similar but uses almond flour instead of toasted and chopped walnuts. I am all for recipes that don’t need any extra steps. So I used store bought almond flour to make these cookies.
Crumbly & Delicious Cookies:
These Mexican wedding cookies are buttery and melt in the mouth. They are very easy to make too. Mix all the ingredients into a nice pliable dough, make balls and bake!! Easy, peasy. No chilling, no rolling, nothing complicated at all.
Once the cookies come out of the oven, they are rolled in confectioners sugar until they look snowy and delicious. These cookies keep well for up to a week when stored in an airtight container.
Perfect tea time snack:
The best part of these cookies are that they are not too sweet - perfect to serve after a full meal. Also great to serve as a nice tea time snack. There is not much sugar in the cookie recipe itself, but the baked cookies are dunked it confectioners sugar to add sweetness.
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter (16tbsp/ 1 cup)
- ½ cup Confectioners Sugar
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup almond flour
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
For the Coating:
- 1 cups Confectioners Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease them.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla extract and salt.
- Beat in the almond flour and the all purpose flour.
- Scoop about a teaspoon of dough and roll them into balls. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet, about 1" between them.
- Bake the cookies for 15~20 minutes or until they feel set on top. They should be lightly browned.
- Put confectioners sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the pan for a few minutes. Transfer 4~5 cookies at a time and roll them in the sugar to coat. Transfer them to a rack to cool.
- When the cookies are cool, roll them again in the sugar - they should be generously coated and snowy white.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. Freeze for longer storage.
Priya Suresh
Its almost snack time here and you are torturing me with those beauties. Mexican wedding cookies looks absolutely stunning . Cant take my eyes from your clicks.
Gayathri Kumar
I love Mexican wedding cookies. They are so yum and just melts in the mouth because of the almond flour used. You have made them perfect..
Denay DeGuzman
I love making Mexican wedding cookies! My daughter Brooke just got married in September, and my daughter Ashley gets married this month. Thank you for sharing your special recipe for these traditional favorites! 🙂
Mahy Elamin
My mom use to make these during the holidays. I think she called them Sandies. I better give your recipe a try… they sound delicious.
Byron Thomas
Are these not the best things you've ever eaten???? I made a batch just last week with the full intentions of freezing them until Christmas, because they freeze well. But, we ended up eating all of them and now I need to make more - not that it's a burden! So delicious!
Claudia Lamascolo
This is one of our favorite cookies I make every year it isnt Christmas without them I love them yours look fabulous
Nalini
Melt in mouth cookies,yet to try these beauties.
Vaishali Sabnani
Oh these are so so delicious and pretty Pavani , I had baked these years ago , and then my daughter in law baked some recently - I simply love them . Will bake again , this time with your recipe :))
Varada
They look so cute. I love the look of anything dusted in sugar. These are perfect for any party.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
I am hiding myself, literally drooling looking at those buttery white balls... simple recipes always taste amazing, isn't it? I like that the cookie sweetness is all on the out, so you can eat it without rolling them too...
Srivalli
Those white beauties are tempting me Pavani, so beautifully done!..I am sure my daughter would love this and I might sprinkle some chocolate for my boys..lol
Kalyani
These look like the perfect gift Pavani ! Loved the look of the sugar topped goodies.. nice pick
Catalina
These cookies look so snowy! So perfect for Christmas. I love that they are packed with almond flavor!
Swati
Melt in mouth and so easy bake.. love cookies...perfect for any festivities!!
April
One of the best Mexican wedding cookies recipes I have seen lately! They look soooo good and delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Priya Srinivasan
Ohh look at them , such a cute cookie! I have made 2 or 3 times and myhubby still pesters me to make me these!! Such a delicious treat for the festive season!
Renu
Heard for the first time, and it sure has that melt in the mouth texture. Awesome share
Sharmila
Almond flour makes this cookie so rich and it's just perfect as edible gifts..
Pavani
Cookies looks so irresistible and like the texture of the cookies. Beautiful presented dear.
Sharmila Kingsly
Perfect for this Christmas season... So well and apt . will defnitely try this out soon!!