Recipe: Delicious Mum's Mexican Wedding Cookies aka Russian Teacakes

Mum's Mexican Wedding Cookies aka Russian Teacakes.

You can cook Mum's Mexican Wedding Cookies aka Russian Teacakes using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mum's Mexican Wedding Cookies aka Russian Teacakes

1. You need 2.5 C of Plain Flour.
2. It's 1/2 C of Powdered Sugar.
3. Prepare 1 C of Salted Butter (Softened).
4. You need 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
5. It's 3/4 C of Finely Chopped Nuts (Walnuts, Pecans).
6. Prepare 1/2 C of Icing (Powdered) Sugar for rolling.

Mum's Mexican Wedding Cookies aka Russian Teacakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Chop nuts until fine and set aside..
2. Mix powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract together..
3. Add the flour and nuts until fully combined. Dough will be crumbley..
4. Shape dough into one inch balls. The dough should stick together as you form the ball. If not, add a bit more butter..
5. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper about one inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes..
6. Allow to cool slightly on cookie rack. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar. Allow to cool more and roll them again in powdered sugar..