How to Make Tasty ~Bizcochos~mexican wedding cookie

~Bizcochos~mexican wedding cookie. In authentic Mexican cooking, lard, not shortening, is used. This recipe comes from Seasoned with Sun the El Paso Junior League Cookbook. State cookie of New Mexico! by: Nancy.

I have a feeling you might be talking about "maicillos". Mexican Wedding Cookies - melt-in-your-mouth, buttery, pecan dotted cookies are rolled in sweet blizzard of snowy white powdered sugar and you'll be savoring every tender bite. I have made Mexican Wedding Cookies for more than half my life. You can cook ~Bizcochos~mexican wedding cookie using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of ~Bizcochos~mexican wedding cookie

1. It's 1 cup of sugar.
2. You need 1 cup of lard.
3. Prepare 1 cup of unsalted softened butter.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
5. You need 1 tbsp of anaise seed.
6. Prepare 2 of egg yolks.
7. You need 1 cup of sweet wine or cooking sherry.
8. You need 3 cup of flour.
9. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
10. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. You need of dusting.
12. It's 2 cup of powder sugar.

It was taught to me by my Auntie Nacia when I was in high school. Immerse yourself in a delicious moment of Identity when you try any of the Mexican food made by Los. Crumbly, buttery, and nutty - Mexican Wedding Cookies are irresistible. Make with pecans, walnuts, almonds, or any other nut.

~Bizcochos~mexican wedding cookie step by step

1. preheat oven 350.
2. start by creamin your lard and butter together till lighter and fluffy.add sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and beat well..
3. to wet mix add flour, cinnamon, anaise & baking powder mix well.Slowly incorporate wine..
4. once your dough is ready lightly flour counter and roll out dough to 1/2 inch thick.cut desired shapes..
5. bake 15 minutes. as soon as they come out of oven dust in powder sugar.ENJOY.. this is my family recipe from texas..
6. Note: you can substitute the wine for fruit juice such as oj or pineapple juice.
7. and the original recipe calls for all lard but I like it with half butter half lard gives that flaky yummy cookie...

There's something irresistible about Mexican Wedding cookies. I can't help but reach for them whenever they appear on a cookie platter. Sometimes called Mexican wedding cakes (or polvorones or Russian tea cakes or snowballs), their provenance is often debated, but this much is true: they are dead-simple to make and addictive to eat. This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.