Mexican Wedding Cookies With Lard

You Say Mexican Wedding Cookies, I Say Polvorones

WebDec 20, 2010 · Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Using a food processor, blender, nut mill or knife, finely chop the pecans. Add the powdered …

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1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Using a food processor, blender, nut mill or knife, finely chop the pecans. Add the powdered sugar to the processor or blender (if that's what you used) and grind or chop. If done by hand, just mix together.
3. Mix the flour and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Drop in the chunks of butter and the vegetable shortening in teaspoon amounts. Begin to mix with your hands, until the butter and vegetable shortening are mixed in with the flour and salt. The mixture will turn into a coarse dough, with chunks of butter and shortening mixed throughout.
4. Add in the sugar and pecan mixture and work it all in. Crack the egg into the mixture thoroughly combine, using your hands. In less than a minute, the dough should be soft and malleable enough to be turned into a ball. Don't knead more than necessary, you just want it to come together into a homogeneous mass.

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Easy Mexican Wedding Cookies (aka Snowball Cookies)

WebDec 13, 2019 · Mix the crushed nuts in with the dough. Stir on low speed to combine. Scrape the dough from the bowl into a ball and wrap in plastic …

1. Lightly toast the nuts in a medium skillet on medium heat for about 5 minutes.
2. Once the nuts have cooled, put them in a food processor and pulse a few times, until the nuts are crushed into very small pieces. If you don't have a food processor, put the nuts in a quart-size sealable freezer bag and use a meat mallet or rolling pin crush the nuts into very small bits. Set aside.
3. Mix the butter and 3/4 cup powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until the smooth mixture sticks to the side of the bowl. Add the vanilla and beat for 30 seconds to combine.
4. Add the flour and salt. Mix on low speed until the dry ingredients begin to incorporate, then return to medium speed until a stiff dough is formed.

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