Gluten Free Mexican Wedding Cookies (Vegan)

Name: Gluten Free Mexican Wedding Cookies (Vegan)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 23 min
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: ⅓ cup vegan butter, softened; ¼ cup powdered sugar; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons water; ¾ cup gluten free cup-for-cup flour; ⅛-¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon cinnamon; Lemon zest, to taste; ¼ cup crushed almonds or pecans; More powered sugar for coating baked cookies in

5 steps

Prep:10minCook:13min

These gluten free and vegan Mexican Wedding Cookies will quench that craving for a melt in your mouth dessert. I've always loved wedding cookies, so when I gave up gluten and dairy, I was excited to find a way to replicate them! 😋

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:07:15 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories88.8 kcal (4%)

Total Fat5.3 g (8%)

Carbs9.5 g (4%)

Sugars3.4 g (4%)

Protein0.9 g (2%)

Sodium43 mg (2%)

Fiber0.7 g (2%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

14 servings

⅓ cupvegan butter

softened

¼ cuppowdered sugar

¼ teaspoonvanilla extract

2 tablespoonswater

¾ cupgluten free flour

cup-for-cup

⅛ teaspoonsalt

¼ teaspooncinnamon

¼ cupalmonds

for coating baked cookies in

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°F. Cream together butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and water. (The water won't combine.)

OvenPreheat

Step 2

Sift flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon into a separate bowl. Add zest and stir to evenly distribute. Add gradually to butter mixture. Stir in chopped nuts.

Step 3

Form dough into balls (about the size of the small bouncy balls you can get out of a bubble gum machine), place them on a parchment papered pan and flatten. If they aren't flat enough, the texture won't turn out right.

Step 4

Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies are golden-brown.

Step 5

Take the cookies out of the oven and allow to cool slightly. While the cookies are still warm, roll them in powered sugar. Once the cookies cool completely, you can coat them in powered sugar again, if desired.