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You’ll love my new Mexican Wedding Cookies – 2 flavors:  Strawberry or Gluten Free Double Chocolate!

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Happy Holidays to all – Stay safe… make cookies at home!
Karen

Natural Strawberry Mexican Wedding Cookies

These addictive melt-in-your-mouth cookies are getting a flavor revamp with crushed freeze dried strawberries. Enjoy these powdered sugar-dusted, crunchy, nut-filled cookies ~ a true holiday treat!

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes minutes

Total Time: 39 minutes minutes

Servings: 48 cookies

Author: Karen Sheer a zest for life

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Ingredients

• 1 cup pecans lightly toasted
• 2 sticks unsalted butter 1/2 pound (1/2 pound) Room temperature - I use organic, no natural flavoring. 
• 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 3 tablespoons freeze dried strawberries pulsed fine (see note*)
• 2 cups pastry flour can use cake flour
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar for coating the warm cookies

Instructions

Toast the pecans:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Add pecans to your cookie sheet and toast for 5 - 7 minutes until fragrant, toasted, but not colored. Cool - then chop in a small food processor until well chopped with a little texture - not too fine.

Make the cookie dough:

• Place the room temperature butter, confectioner's sugar, vanilla and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using a paddle, mix until blended well, but do not over process.
• Add the strawberry powder, mix in on low speed. Add the flour and mix until just blended, and the strawberry powder is well distributed.

  Refrigerate the dough until very cold; 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add a piece of parcment paper or silpat liner.

  Scoop a well rounded mound of dough with a rounded #100 cookie scoop, roll quickly in your hands until round - drop each on ungreased cookie sheet, 1 1/2 inches apart. Cookies can also be formed with a spoon - use 1 inch ball of dough.
• Bake for 12 - 14 minutes until cooked through and a touch golden underneath.

  Remove from oven, cool slightly. Add 1 cup confectioner's sugar in a small bowl. When still a tad warm - add cookies to coat all over, one at a time, then add to a wire rack to cool completely. For a super-white coating, repeat this process, using more confectioner's sugar when cookies are cool.
• Store cookies in a container with a good seal. Eat within 10 days (they won't last that long!)

Notes

Freeze dried strawberries are available in specialty or health food shops - I bought mine at Trader Joe's. Use 1/2 cups and pulse fine = 3T. 

Yes, you may use regular flour in this recipe, although pastry flour/cake flour produces a lighter crumb.

This recipe may not be reproduced without the consent of its author, Karen Sheer.

COURSE: cookies, Dessert, holiday cookies

CUISINE: American, Mexican

KEYWORDS: strawberry Mexican wedding cookies, updated Mexican Wedding Cookies

Nutrition Facts

Natural Strawberry Mexican Wedding Cookies

Amount per Serving

Calories

69

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

5

g

8

%

Saturated Fat

 

3

g

19

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Cholesterol

 

10

mg

3

%

Sodium

 

25

mg

1

%

Potassium

 

40

mg

1

%

Carbohydrates

 

9

g

3

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

1

g

1

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

Vitamin A

 

119

IU

2

%

Vitamin C

 

11

mg

13

%

Calcium

 

5

mg

1

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Also see another similar cookie: Gluten Free Double Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies