Yesterday, since we were falling behind and since none of our faithful readers were picking up the slack, we had to double up. Wedding Cakes and Cranberry Scones!!!
While my family calls these Mexican Wedding Cakes, these cookies have many names. Check out this article in the latimes. Wikipedia, the go to website of choice for rock solid information, offers this:
"A reason for the common name "Russian Tea Cake" or any connection to Russian cuisine is unknown. Some have speculated the recipes either derived from other Eastern European shortbread cookies, may have migrated to Mexico with European nuns, or may have been associated with cookies served beside Russian samovars (tea urns). By the 20th century, they were a part of wedding and Christmas traditions in the U.S., known by their popular "Russian tea cake" or "Mexican wedding cake" name."What does your family call them? This is the recipe we used for the wedding cakes, The scones were just a basic scone recipe with cranberries added in and then drizzled with white chocolate.
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