Name: Shotgun Wedding Cookies
Yield: Makes 48 cookies
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: ½ cup (50 g) confectioners’ sugar, plus more for dusting; ½ cup (44 g) almond flour; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 pitted Medjool dates, finely chopped; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (80 g) finely chopped or ground pecans; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 cup (2 sticks/226 g) unsalted butter, cold and diced; 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon potato flour

Preparation info

Makes
48
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Everyday Art of Gluten-Free

By Karen Morgan

Published 2014

About

Also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cookies, and Scottish something-or-others, these traditional shortbreads are a global go-to baked sweet. No holiday cookie tin is truly filled without them. The addition of the dates is what really sets these apart from all the other tea cookies you’ve tried.

Ingredients

1¾ cups (190 g) Cookie Jar Blend
½ cup (44

Method

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the Cookie Jar Blend, almond flour, sugars, potato flour, and salt and beat them on the lowest speed just to combine. Add the butter and continue to mix on the lowest speed until the mixture resembles damp cornmeal. Add the pecans, dates, and vanilla and mix on high until the dough wraps i

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