Almond Spanish Cookies Polvorones |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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Delicious typical Spanish Christmas cookies, Polvorones are soft cookies that almost MELTS in your mouth when eating ¡¡ Do not be afraid about the lard, it is a MUST ingredient for this kind of cookies. Give them a try. Read more ... Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour |
3/4 cup almonds (raw) |
1 cup good quality lard |
3/4 cup white sugar |
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon |
1/2 cup powder sugar (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2. Measure and pour flour out onto a cookie sheet. Place in oven and toast the flour. Occasionally move the flour around on the sheet, so that it toasts evenly. Leave in oven for about 8 minutes. Remove and set aside.
3. Place raw almonds on another cookie sheet. Toast the almonds until they change color just slightly. Remove and place almonds into a food processor. Process almonds until they are finely ground.
4. Cream lard, sugar and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add the flour and finely ground almonds and continue mixing. The dough will be very crumbly!.
5. Place a sheet of waxed paper on a cutting board or other flat work surface. Press the dough together to form a ball. Then press the dough onto the waxed paper. Carefully flatten it down to about 1/2 inch. Use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.
6. Use a small spatula to carefully move the cookies from the waxed paper to a cookie sheet for baking because the dough is very dry and flakey.
7. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet for 25-30 minutes at 400ºF.
8. Remove cookie sheet from oven and allow cookies to cool completely before removing them. Take special care not to break them.
9. Dust with powder sugar when ready to serve.
10. Makes approximately 16 cookies.
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