mexican wedding cookies (polvorones)
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones) 2 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup butter or lard, cubed 2 l...
Ingredients
- 21/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4cupgranulated sugar
- 2teaspoonground cinnamon
- 1/4teaspoonsalt
- 2/3cupbutter or lard, cubed
- 2large eggs
- 1teaspooncinnamon
Directions
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Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones) 2 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoo
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Add butter or lard and blend thoroughly with your fingers
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Add eggs and knead the cookie dough by hand until all the ingredients are blended and the dough is smooth
- 4
Pinch off small pieces of dough and roll them into balls the diameter of a quarter
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Place dough balls about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and bake them in a preheated 350 degrees F oven until golden brown on the bo
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Mix the 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl
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Remove 2 or 3 cookies at a time with a spatula from the baking sheets to the bowl of Cinnamon Sugar
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Coat the cookies generously with the mixture, and then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely