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Butterball Or Mexican Wedding Cakes Recipe


Butterball Or Mexican Wedding Cakes Recipe
Of all the cookies I make at Christmas time this has always been one of the family favorites. My mother used to make them when I was a child and I have continued the tradition.

Debra47

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • powdered sugar
  • bag of Hersheys kisses

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl combine the flour, powdered sugar, and salt.
  3. Using a pastry blender or fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Add vanilla and nuts.
  5. Mix with hands to form a smooth dough.
  6. Wrap the dough around a Hershey kiss so you can't see the chocolate.
  7. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  8. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes.
  9. Cool one minute and then remove from the cookie sheets.
  10. Carefully roll in powdered sugar.
  11. Store in tightly covered container or freeze.
  12. Makes 5 dozen cookies.

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Comments


I want to try these debra.... My grandkids would love these...!!! thanks


Butterballls have always been my all-time favorite Christmas cookie, Debra. I've never had them with hershey's kisses in the middle tho ..how could I have missed out on this variations all these years?! :)
Last Christmas I made them with hazelnuts instead of walnuts... yum,yum,yum,yum!!!


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