A very merry cookie Christmas
Updated: 2012-12-24 10:33
By C.J. Henderson (China Daily)
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Mexican Wedding Cakes
Mexican Wedding Cakes [Photo by Fan Zhen/China Daily] |
Ingredients:
250 g butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 cups flour plus a bit extra
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp powdered cinnamon
Pecan halves
Method:
1. Mix all ingredients except pecan halves and blend thoroughly into a soft dough, which will come away from the edges of the mixing bowl.
2. Pinch off spoonfuls of dough and hide a pecan half inside. Bake at 140 C for 15-20 minutes or more. Cool and dust with icing sugar.
Contact the writer at sundayed@chinadaily.com.cn.
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