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Mexican Pecan Cookies (Polvorones)Mexican Pecan Cookies (Polvorones)Enjoy this cookie recipe from Mexican treditional home cooking. Ingredients: 1 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Unsalted butter 1/2 cup Lard 1 x Egg yolk 1 tsp Vanilla 2 1/4 cup All-purpose flour 3/4 tsp Cinnamon 1/4 tsp Anise seed, finely crushed 1 pch Salt 1/2 cup Pecans finely chopped Directions: Heat oven to 350'F. Beat 3/4 cup of the sugar, butter and lard in large bowl of electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy; about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Beat in flour, cinnamon, anise seed and salt until well mixed. Stir in pecans. Roll walnut-size pieces of dough between palms to make round balls. Put remaining 1/4 cup sugar in pie plate; roll dough balls in sugar. Place balls 5 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press each ball with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar to about 1/4-inch thickness. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 300'F and continue baking until lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to cooling rack. Note: An additional 1/2 cup butter can be substituted for the lard. Also, you may bake the cookies at a constant 325'F; cooking time should be about the same. Have A Recipe Or Story To Share?Would you like to have your own page for Free within our site,Have a Story to share or a picture to go with it, it's easy to do! |
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