Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies

There is just something about a butter cookie rolled in powdered sugar!
Plan Ahead Note: the butter needs to be softened to room temperature and the dough needs to be refrigerated for one hour.
Course Dessert
Servings 2 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer and whip the butter until light and fluffy.             
  • Add ½ cup of the powdered sugar and whip on high until light and fluffy again.
  • Add the vanilla and salt and with the hand mixer on low, combine just until blended.
  • In a medium bowl sift together the flour and cinnamon.
  • Add to the butter mixture.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Using a cookie scoop, drop the dough balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until the cookies are just golden on the bottom.  
  • Remove them to cool on wire racks for about 5 minutes.
  • In a medium bowl, sift the remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar.
  • Roll the warm cookies in the sugar and return them to the racks to cool.  Once the cookies are cool, roll them again.

Notes

Recipe from Sweet on Texas Cookbook.