The Polvorones are typical Spanish Christmas cookies flavored with cinnamon. They are given as gifts to relatives and friends. They literally melt in your mouth due to their very crumbly texture.
A super tasty “powder” that keeps for over 20 days in a tin.
Thanks to Tavolartegusto for the recipe.
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TORRONE DEI MORTI AL TIRAMISU’ MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4 servings
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 65.74 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 6.42 (g) of which sugars 1.93 (g)
- Proteins 1.04 (g)
- Fat 4.03 (g) of which saturated 1.21 (g)of which unsaturated 1.73 (g)
- Fibers 0.36 (g)
- Sodium 13.50 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 13 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
POLVORONES INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup peeled almonds
- 6 tbsp lard
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp anise liqueur
Tools
- 1 Cookie cutter
POLVORONES PREPARATION
Grind the almonds into flour and mix with the flour. Then, toast the flours to remove the moisture by placing them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and baking at 266°F for 35 minutes.
Let cool for at least 1 hour.
Place the flour in a mound on a cool work surface, add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Pour the softened butter and liqueur in the middle of the mound, then knead, compacting the dough to form a ball.
The dough will be very grainy and cracked, don’t worry, that’s its characteristic. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for half an hour.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 1/2 inch.
Cut the cookies with a 1 1/4 inch diameter round cutter and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake in a preheated oven at 320°F for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool the cookies. Once they are cool, dust with powdered sugar. Make sure not to touch the cookies when they are hot as they break easily. Wait for them to cool.
