Mexican Wedding Cookies

By LoriCaputo

Ingredients

• •1 cup butter
• •1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• •1/4 teaspoon salt
• •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• •2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• •1 cup finely chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, or almonds)
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla. Mix in the flour, nuts and salt. Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 15 minutes. While cookies are still hot roll them in confectioners' sugar. Once they have cooled roll them in confectioners' sugar once more.