Comments on: Dairy, Egg and Nut Free Russian Tea Cakes (aka Mexican Wedding Cakes)

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:12:06 +0000

These are also my boys’ new favorite cookie (my husband’s too). One of my boys has peanut and tree nut allergies. Thank you so much for this gourmet cookie recipe to our household. It’s so easy too!

By: kellyrudnicki

kellyrudnicki — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:59:27 +0000

Thanks so much Karen! I make this cookie for nearly every class party…the kids devour it every time! xo

By: karen

karen — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:58:21 +0000

Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! My son is in a nut-free classroom this year and I’ve been looking for the perfect teacake recipe and I think I just found it

By: kellyrudnicki

kellyrudnicki — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:37:47 +0000

Thanks Kimmie! What I love about this recipe is that it is so yummy without any nuts…in fact I can’t imagine them with nuts. So glad you like them!

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:07:32 +0000

Last year, before we knew about my son’s dairy allergy, I made Mexican Wedding Cakes for Christmas, they are my favorite cookie. Since the recipe didn’t include eggs I finally realized this is the perfect cookie for my son, leaving out the toasted pecans. I also added green or red food coloring to the dough so I could be sure he and everyone else knew the colored ones were safe for him to eat as the other batches had the pecans. I have no idea why I don’t make these any other time of the year except for Christmas! They are really so quick and easy.

By: kellyrudnicki

kellyrudnicki — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:17:11 +0000

Anya we’re one and the same! These are my favorite holiday cookie too! I know you’ll love these. Let me know how they work for you!

By: Anya Byam

Anya Byam — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:19:40 +0000

I am so excited about these Russian Tea Cakes. They are my favorite holiday cookie as well but my son has a dairy, peanut and tree nut allergy so they are now banned from our home. I will be trying these ASAP. Thank you for the wonderful service that you provide to all of the allergy moms and dads out there!

By: jeanne rudnicki

jeanne rudnicki — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:57:32 +0000

I have tried this recipe and must say it’s delicious. Thanks for sharing it with us.

By: juliag

juliag — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:38:02 +0000

There is also a great recipe like this that has one or two cups of coconut in it, which gives the cookies a nutty crunchy texture. The recipe is on the back of the package of some shredded coconut that I found at Whole Foods…I made it egg, dairy and nut (unless you count coconut) free. Delicious!!

By: charmaine

charmaine — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:09:08 +0000

Wow you are amazing! Those look awsome. I had hoped to introduce these (my family called them snowballs) to my girls this year, but I ran out of steam. There’s always next year, right?

By: kellyrudnicki

kellyrudnicki — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:12:57 +0000

Alisa, you’re right, that would work great too. It is a really simple and fast recipe to prepare. Enjoy!

By: Alisa

Alisa — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:28:25 +0000

I love these, simple, yet they look so good! I just saw your sugar cookie recipe … those could even be soy-free with spectrum shortening. Bonus for those with even more allergies!

By: kellyrudnicki

kellyrudnicki — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:51:02 +0000

You could go to Whole Foods and get Earth Balance shortening and sticks, but for me personally I use Fleischmans UNSALTED margarine. I bake a lot, and use a lot of of margarine so I like to be practical about availability and cost. It works great in all my recipes. Just be sure to only use the unsalted version, as the regular version has dairy. Happy Baking!

By: Jina

Jina — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:17:36 +0000

What dairy free margarine would you suggest for baking? Thank you so much for your recipes! It is so fun to see our son’s eyes light up when I say he can have the cookies I’m baking!