Mexican Wedding Cakes Recipe | Epicurious

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Mexican Wedding Cakes being served on a plate with espresso.

Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton

These "cakes" are really festive cookies.

Editors's note: Take a tip from Rose Levy Beranbaum and swap in clarified butter or ghee for the butter in this recipe, which will produce a lighter, crumblier cookie.

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