Walnut Snow Balls (Mexican Wedding Cakes)
Created by KittenCal on December 18, 2013
- Servings: 36
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 12m
- Recipe #11561
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (pure vanilla!)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup confectioners sugar (depending on how sweet you want them!)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped (chop in a food processor, measure 1 cup chopped)
- Confectioners’ sugar (for rolling, use enough for a double coating/rolling)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 2: In a medium bowl cream butter with vanilla until smooth.
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Step 3: Combine 1/3-1/2 cup confectioners sugar and flour; stir into the butter mixture until just blended.
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Step 4: Mix in the chopped walnuts.
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Step 5: Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place them 2 inches apart on a lightly-greased cookie sheet.
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Step 6: Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
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Step 7: When still slightly warm roll all the balls in confectioners’ sugar.
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Step 8: When all balls are coated in confections sugar, roll them second time.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (18.6 g)
- Calories 99.5
- Total Fat - 7.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 13.6 mg
- Sodium - 45.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 2 g
- Protein - 1.3 g
- Calcium - 5.8 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg