Not so Mexican Mexican wedding Cakes 2 ways

I make these every year and love them

Anise Cakes

1 cup butter
2 Cups Confectionery Sugar
2 tsp anise extract
2cups flour sifted
1 cup walnuts coarsely ground

Beat Butter until fluffy
add 1/2 cup conf sugar and anise extract
Beat in flour
Add Walnuts

form ball
wrap in plastic
chill 30 min

Oven 350

Form balls with about 2 tsp full of dough-place 2" apart on parchment covered sheet

Bake until just golden on bottom- 15 min,- ish

remove and let cool 5 min then toss with remaining conf sugar

when serving dust with additional conf sugar for presentation

Brown Butter Cakes

1 Cup Butter- Brown and chlll until solid

2cups of conf sugar
2 tsp Vanilla
2 Cups Sifted Flour
2 cups walnuts

Optional- cinnamon& Allspice for dusting

Follow same instructions as above with the added steps of browning butter before hand and adding the optional spices to the final sugar for tossing.