Chocolate Mexican Wedding cakes (cookie recipe post) here you are Gayle

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1/2 cup pecans 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, divided use1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

 

In a food processor or blender, process pecans with 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar, until very fine. Mix in flour, cocoa and salt; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar; blend until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla until well blended. Add flour mixture, slowly, until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350°F. Form dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Mix together remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar and cinnamon. When cookies have cooled slightly, roll in cinnamon mixture. Finish cooling on wire racks.

Makes 36 cookies.

 

"In the present position of the planets, it's impossible to say;Just when I'll find my course again, with the boulders in my way.I should be rolling down the skyway on my cosmic wheels;Instead of stumbling down this highway on my boots of steel"Source: Cosmic Wheels by Donovan