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Cuernitos de Nuez (Butter Pecan Cookies) / Polvorones (Mexican Wedding Cookies)
Because of the snow-white powdered sugar coating, cuernitos (little horns) and polvorones are also referred to as Mexican wedding cookies. These are vanilla-y and buttery and will literally melt in your mouth! Absolutely perfect for your holiday cookie exchange and as a homemade food gift for your friends and family!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
27 mins
Servings: 80 - 85 cookies
Calories: 50 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups Finely chopped pecans
- confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl beat butter, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Gradually, beat in flour, salt, and chopped pecans.
- Cuernitos: take a generous tablespoon of dough and roll it into a log. Place it on the prepared cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and shape it into a crescent by pressing the edges and bending them slightly. Repeat until all the dough is used.
- Balls: roll the dough by 2 teaspoonfuls between your palms into balls.
- Arrange the cookies on a large baking sheet, spacing them 1/2 inch apart.
- Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes or until slightly golden.
- Cool the cookies for 5 minutes on the baking sheet.
- While cookies are still warm, dust with confectioner’s sugar.
- Dough can be prepared one day in advance. Keep dough in a tightly sealed container in the fridge.
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Notes
- Once cookies are baked and have cooled down completely, they can be stored for one week in an airtight container.
- Once cookies are baked and have cooled down completely, they can be stored for one week in an airtight container.
- If the weather is too hot they tend to absorb the sugar, so I refrigerate them in an airtight container until ready to eat.
Nutrition Information
Calories
50kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
4g
(1%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
6mg
(2%)
Sodium
35mg
(1%)
Potassium
12mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
72IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
2mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 80- 85 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 50kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 6mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 35mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 12mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 72IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.