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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.
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