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Mexican Wedding Cookies
These cookies are made with vegetable shortening and have a hint of orange flavor. The liquid in this recipe is a combination of fresh orange juice and orange liqueur. Do I have you convinced yet?
Yield:
100
cookies
Prep Time:
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time:
10
minutes
mins
Total Time:
15
minutes
mins
Author:
Yvette Marquez
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
Cookies:
3
cups
all-purpose flour
1
teaspoons
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
salt
1
tablespoon
ground cinnamon
,
freshly ground if possible
1/8
teaspoon
ground ginger
1
cup
shortening
1
egg
3/4
cups
granulated sugar
1
teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
1/4
cup
freshly squeezed orange juice
1/8
cup
orange liqueur
1
tablespoon
grated orange zest
Cinnamon-Sugar-Orange Zest Coating:
1/2
cup
granulated sugar
1/4
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1
teaspoon
grated orange zest
Confectioner’s Sugar Coating:
1/2
cup
confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine flour with baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.
In a stand mixer, cream the shortening until creamy. Add egg and sugar and cream until smooth.
In a small bowl combine vanilla, orange juice, orange liqueur, and orange zest and set aside.
Alternate dry ingredients and wet ingredients slowly to the mixture and mix until combined.
Lightly knead cookie dough together.
Fill a cookie press with the dough, and turn out cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.
After baking, place warm cookies in the cinnamon-sugar-orange zest mixture or sift confectioner’s sugar over cooled cookies.
These cookies can be stored in freezer bags in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
they freeze beautifully. Pull out a few from the freezer when you have company or give them as sweet, melt-in-your-mouth Christmas gifts.
Nutrition
Calories:
20
kcal
,
Carbohydrates:
3
g
,
Protein:
1
g
,
Fat:
1
g
,
Saturated Fat:
1
g
,
Cholesterol:
1
mg
,
Sodium:
5
mg
,
Potassium:
4
mg
,
Fiber:
1
g
,
Sugar:
1
g
,
Vitamin A:
2
IU
,
Vitamin C:
1
mg
,
Calcium:
1
mg
,
Iron:
1
mg