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Mexican Wedding Cakes (Cookie Exchange Quantity)

Celebrate with rich and buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies. You’ll find that one just isn’t enough! 

Mexican Wedding Cakes (Cookie Exchange Quantity)

GoldMedal Recipe by GoldMedal

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Prep Time

1hr40min

Total Time

2hrs10min

Servings

6dozen cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1  cup powdered sugar
  • 2  cups butter or margarine, softened
  • 2  teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 1/2  cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1  cup finely chopped nuts
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • Additional powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix 1 cup powdered sugar, the butter and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.

  2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

  3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Roll in additional powdered sugar while warm. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar again.

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Tips & Notes

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

    Bake 9 to 11 minutes.

  • Variation

    Mexican Surprise Wedding Cakes: Make cookies as directed--except shape each ball of dough around 1 Hershey®’s Kisses® milk chocolate filled with caramel.

  • Did You Know

    You can freeze these cookies up to three months. You may want to reroll them in a little extra powdered sugar.

Notes

Hershey's and Kisses trademarks and associated trade dress are registered trademarks of The Hershey Company.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Cookie:
  • 90
  • 6g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g)
  • 15mg
  • 50mg
  • 8g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 2g)
  • 1g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 4%
  • 0%
  • 0%
  • 2%
  • Exchanges:
  • 1
  • 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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