With a sugary coating and a buttery soft interior filled with chocolate chips and chopped nuts, these Mexican wedding cookies are guaranteed to melt in your mouth.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time18 minutesmins
Total Time28 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: cookies
Servings: 4dozen
Calories: 207.3kcal
Ingredients
1/2cupvegetable shortening
1/4cupwater
1egg white
1boxwhite cake mix15.25 oz or close
1/2cupchopped nutsoptional
1/2cupmini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1teaspoonvanilla extract
confectioner's sugarfor dipping (about a cup)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375.
In a large mixing bowl, place the shortening, water, vanilla, and egg white. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about a minute.
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, 1/4 cup water, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg white
Add the cake mix. Beat again with mixer until smooth and no lumps remain, or about two minutes. Add in nuts (if using) and chocolate chips. Mix once more just until incorporated.
1 box white cake mix, 1/2 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Shape cookie dough into one-inch balls. Place about two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost set, or for about 10 minutes.
While warm, dip the tops in powdered sugar and then cool.