Polvorones
Polvorones, from above
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Polvorones

Buttery pecan balls rolled in sugar that crumble at a touch. Wedding cookies for any day.

45 minTime
3 gProtein each
mildSpice
Little dust cookies2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPecan butter cookies in powdered sugar.
The original
307kcalsame
3 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
45minutessame

Polvorones.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Butter1 cup, soft
Sugar1 cup icing sugar, half for coating
Pecans1 cup, toasted and finely chopped
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Salta pinch

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Toast the pecans in a dry pan until fragrant, cool and chop very finely.
  2. 2Beat the butter with half the icing sugar and vanilla until pale, then mix in flour, salt and nuts.
  3. 3Roll into 2.5 cm balls and chill 20 minutes.
  4. 4Bake at 175°C for 14 to 16 minutes until the bottoms are lightly golden.
  5. 5Roll warm in icing sugar, cool, then roll again.
Serve it like this

Pile on a plate or in paper cases, dusted with extra sugar, with coffee or hot chocolate.

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