Mexican Wedding Cookies (Williams-Sonoma)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 14 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup ground blanched almond
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream the butter until fluffy and pale yellow.
- Add 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla and salt and beat on low speed until blended.
- Sift the powder and cinnamon together onto a sheet of waxed paper.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture on low speed or stir with a wooden spoon just until blended.
- Stir in the almonds.
- Cover and refrigerate until dough is chilled, but not hard and is no longer sticky to the touch, about 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Have ready 2 ungreased baking sheets.
- Sift the remaining 3/4 cup powdered sugar into a shallow bowl.
- Shape the dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place about 1 inch apart on the baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies until just golden on the bottom, 10-12 minutes.
- Let the cookies cook on the pans on wire racks for 5 minutes before removing them one at a time and rolling them in the sugar.
- Let cool completely on wire racks.
unsalted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, flour, ground cinnamon, ground blanched almond
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mexican-wedding-cookies-williams-sonoma-511055 (may not work)