1989 Honorable Mention Dottie's Mexican Wedding Cookies

Title:
1989 Honorable Mention Dottie's Mexican Wedding Cookies

Yield:
48 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     1 c  Butter, softened


   1/2 c  Confectioners' sugar


     2 c  All-purpose flour


   1/4 ts Salt


     1 ts Vanilla


     1 c  Chopped pecans


          Confectioners' sugar for


          Garnish






 Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch


 


  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until smooth in mixer


 bowl. Add flour, salt and vanilla and mix until blended. Mix in nuts.


 


  2. Roll teaspoon-size pieces of dough in a ball and put onto an ungreased


 cookie sheet. Bake until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes. The cookie bottoms


 should be golden brown. Roll cookies in confectioners' sugar immediately


 after baking.


 


 Honorable mention went to Kathleen Shelton of Marengo. These cookies freeze


 well. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie


 Contest December 14, 1989


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:07:01 +0000