# Besitos de Nuez

Besitos de Nuez are Mexican shortbread cookies that are soft, nutty, and incredibly easy to make, perfect for holidays, cookie trays, or dessert tables.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups flour
- 1.25 cups unsalted butter
- 0.5 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- powdered sugar

## Instructions

1. To a mixing bowl, add two cups of flour, one and one fourth cup of room temperature unsalted butter, half a cup of powdered sugar, one cup of chopped pecans, one teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and a pinch of salt.
2. Mix everything with a fork, or you can also use your hands, until it looks ready.
3. Grease your pan.
4. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Start rolling the dough into little balls.
6. Continue rolling the dough into balls until you run out of dough.
7. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. As soon as they come out of the oven, coat them with powdered sugar.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- fork
- baking pan
- oven

## Tips

- These cookies are also known as Mexican wedding cookies.
- Coat the cookies with powdered sugar as soon as they come out of the oven while they are still warm to achieve a frosting consistency.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fQdryX/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8dcbbff0-f1ff-4997-ba95-18d92935e0e6
- Extracted: 2026-01-22

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