Polvorones"Dust Balls"
1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 1 cup almonds or pecans -- finely chopped 1 tablespoon vanilla Cream butter; then cream in sugar and salt until l...
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter
- 1/2cuppowdered sugar
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 2cups flour
- 1cupalmonds or pecans -- finely chopped
- 1tablespoonvanilla
Directions
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1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 1 cup almonds or pecans -- finely chopped 1 tablespoon vanilla Cream butt
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then cream in sugar and salt until light and fluffy
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Add nuts and vanilla, blend in flour gradually and mix thoroughly
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Shape into balls or cres cents, using walnut-sized lump of dough for each
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Bake on ungreased cookie shee t at 325 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes, until bottom is just beginning to brown
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Cool slightly, then roll in more powdered sugar
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These cookies have many names: butterballs, Russian teacakes, etc
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In New Mexic o, they are "polvorones" which is Spanish for "dust" balls"