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.

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