Hi Donald, That's a terrific idea. So, here goes! I love Mexican Wedding Cookies, and a couple of Christmases ago, I tried this wonderful variation on a theme. I hope you will enjoy these delicious, chocolatey, cinnamony, buttery cookies! Penny
Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies Servings: 36 Difficulty Level: Intermediate 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature, divided use 1/2 cup good quality unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups pecans 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder Heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) of the butter in small saucepan, remove from heat and add 1/2 cup cocoa powder and cinnamon; stir and set aside to cool to room temperature. Toast pecans in preheated oven for 5 minutes; set aside to cool. (Leave the oven on you'll be baking the cookies shortly.) When pecans are cool, chop them in a food processor or with a knife until very fine. In mixing bowl, cream remaining 12 tablespoons butter at medium speed of mixer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add melted butter/cocoa mixture and vanilla and mix well. Add flour, sugar and salt and mix until incorporated, then add chopped pecans and mix in thoroughly. Form dough into walnut-sized balls. Place balls on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets and refrigerate them 15 minutes. Meanwhile, sift powdered sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa powder into pie pan, mix well and set aside. Remove cookies from refrigerator and bake 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. While still warm, roll cookies in sifted powdered sugar/cocoa mixture. Be careful, as cookies are fragile. Let cool completely and roll in the sugar/cocoa mix one more time. Nutrition Information Makes 36 cookies, each 130 calories (64.3 percent calories from fat), 10 g fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 15 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrates, 1 g dietary fiber, 1 g protein. On 11/10/11, Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Members, > I would like to propose an idea. How about each of us submit ONE favourite > cookie/square/tart recipe that we only make at Christmas. I know there will > be repeats but I am making up a collection of favourite recipes of Christmas > cookies for my family and I wondered what our members might think. > Thanks. Donald > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
