Mexican Recipes!

[francesca_rules]

so, my friends and i are having a mexican/spanish food potluck on wednesday.
i need cheap but good recipes!
i would really love mexican desert/cookie recipes!
please help!

Comments

[elitist_doll]

oh man... mexican wedding cakes. best cookies ever. I believe they can be made vegan by just using margarine, but lemme look again. They are SO GOOD.

Here's one recipe

[elitist_doll]

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

1 c. butter, at room temperature
1/2 c. powdered sugar
2 c. plain flour
1 tbsp. vanilla
Dash of salt
1 ( oz.) bag almonds

Mix sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add flour and nuts by hand. Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. After baked, remove and cool and roll in powdered sugar.

They melt in your mouth. YUM.

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[elitist_doll]

i usually make these with chopped pecans instead of almonds, and the dough is easier to handle if you chill it after mixing. roll in powdered sugar while cookies are still warm. OK, sweet.

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[ex_delcatty]

are the nuts kept whole or chopped?

[deepfriedxanax]

I heart the aforementioned wedding cookies. You should totally try making churros. I am not sure if you have ever had them, but they are damn good. Here is a recipe. What could possibly be bad about fried dough covered with cinnamon and sugar?! Heh. I hope that helps some!

[elitist_doll]

Since I like this subject, I have another idea. Fruit/jam filled empanadas! You can either buy frozen pastry or make your own, then roll out, cut into rounds, fill with filling, fold over and press closed with a fork. Bake at probably 350 until golden brown. YOu can brush some soy milk or margarine on top and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar!

[newtangoshoes]

it's not exactly a dessert. but you should drink horchata with it.

or make something with the horchata.

[123175]

if you do a google video search for "post punk vegan cooking"- in episode 3 or 4 [i think it is 4] it is all mexican food and they have a great recipe for tamales. they have a website, too, but i dont think it has the delicious looking tamale recipe.