Cinco de Mayo, celebrated on the 5th of May, commemorates the Mexican’s victory over the French militia in the Battle of Puebla in 1962. Parties thrown to honor the holiday feature authentic Mexican dishes to include desserts.
These Mexican cookie recipes will delight celebrants of all ages.
Mexican Tea Cake Cookie Recipes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 and ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
Directions:
- Cream the butter and ½ cup of the confectioner’s sugar until creamy.
- Add the vanilla and then mix in the flour and salt.
- Mix until well blended and then fold in the chopped pecans.
- Allow the dough to chill overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Form 1” balls with the dough and then bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.
- The cookies should be golden in color but not brown.
- Drop warm cookies in the extra ½ cup of confectioner’s sugar until coated and then allow to cool on a rack.
- Once they are completed cool, roll the cookies in the confectioner’s sugar once again.
These cookies will keep in an airtight container for one week. To mix up the batch, roll some of the dough around a small piece of dark Mexican chocolate before baking.
Alfajores Mexican Cookie Recipe (Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 and ½ cups cornstarch
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons cognac
- Zest of ½ lemon
- Grated coconut
- 2 cups caramel or dulce de leche
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 2 ounces vegetable oil
Directions:
- Cream butter and sugar together until smooth
- Stir in the flour, egg yolks, egg, lemon zest, vanilla, cornstarch, cognac and baking powder.
- Knead the dough on a well-floured surface until it is very smooth and then let sit, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
- Preeheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Roll the dough to ¼ inch of thickness and cut into 2-inch circles.
- Bake cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely on a rack.
- Spread a tablespoon of dulce de leche on the bottom of half the cookies and then press one on top to make a sandwich.
- Roll the cookies like a wheel in the coconut so that some sticks to the sides.
- Melt the chocolate and vegetable oil in the top of a double boiler.
- Drop the cookies into the melted chocolate and lift them out with tongs.
- Allow them to dry completely on a foiled lined platter before serving.
For more authentic Mexican food recipes for Cinco de Mayo, please read Quick Healthy Mexican Pork Crockpot Recipes. For more great cookie recipes, please read Irish Cookie Recipes for St. Patrick's Day.
Janice Fahy - Janice Fahy is a freelance writer who is comfortable researching and writing on just about any topic under the sun.
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