Keto Mexican wedding cookies in a tin cookie container. Made with almond flour, finely chopped pecans, butter, sour cream, eggs, and all-natural powdered sugar substitute, these low-carb snowball cookies should definitely be on your tray of keto Christmas cookies. In my family, wedding cookies always made it to our holiday cookie tray.
Mexican Wedding Cookies are buttery shortbread cookies filled with pecans and rolled in powdered sugar. They are easy to make in one bowl and the perfect treat for the holidays. This healthier cookie recipe is also gluten free, grain free, and includes options for low carb, keto, paleo and vegan substitutes.
These low-carb Mexican wedding cookies need the dough to be chilled a minimum of 30 minutes prior to baking. This helps the cookie retain its’s round classic shape. You’ll be baking these in a preheated 350-degree oven and using baking sheets that are lined with parchment paper.
Though the cookie goes by a different name in virtually every world region, they all share the same basic ingredients and method of preparation, which makes the cookie a universal treat. Wedding cookies are a rich, buttery shortbread cookie filled with chopped pecans (or walnuts) and rolled in a generous layer of powdered sugar.