Mexican Wedding Cakes
From Gem's Vegetarian Cooking
Source: Mommy Stone
- 1 cup Butter
- 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
- 2 cup flour
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I usually use pecans)
- 2 Teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter with sugar. Add flour gradually, beating well after each addition. Add nuts and vanilla. Blend well. Shape into ball sand place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 15 - 18 minutes. May roll in powdered sugar. Makes 4 doz.
Variation: Ghoraiybah
For a cookie very similar the Ghoraiybah cookie mentioned in AllRecipes.com, substitute the 2 tsp vanilla with 1 heaping tsp Cardamon and add an addition 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (since Colorado is so dry, I also added 1 tbs water). For nuts, use sliced almonds.
Nutritional Information
Servings Per Recipe: 48
Nutritional information assumes standard recipe using pecans for the 1 cup of nuts. It also assumes using unsalted butter and adding 1/2 tsp of salt to compensate.
4% of calories from protein
30% of calories from carbs
65% of calories from fat
| Calories | 73.35 |
| Total Fat | 5.35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.82 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.51 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.93 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.02 g |
| Omega-6 | 0.49 g |
| Cholesterol | 10.00 |
| Sodium | 24.36 mg |
| Potassium | 15.17 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 5.56 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.36 g |
| Sugars | 1.35 g |
| Protein | 0.75 g |
| Vitamin A | 3 % |
| Vitamin C | 0 % |
| Calcium | 0 % |
| Iron | 2 % |
| Vitamin D | 0 % |
| Vitamin E | 0 % |
| Vitamin K | 0 % |
| Thiamin | 4 % |
| Riboflavin | 2 % |
| Niacin | 2 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 0 % |
| Folate | 3 % |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 % |
| Biotin | 0 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 0 % |
| Phosphorus | 1 % |
| Iodine | 0 % |
| Magnesium | 1 % |
| Zinc | 1 % |
| Selenium | 3 % |
| Copper | 2 % |
| Manganese | 7 % |
| Chromium | 0 % |
| Molybdenum | 0 % |
| Chloride | 0 % |
