Polvorones are soft and crumbly Mexican cookies This recipe adds cinnamon to the dough and rolls the cookies in cinnamon sugar for a festive treat
Prep Time
20 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
1 hr
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.
Beat butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Combine flour
salt
and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon; stir into butter mixture to form a stiff dough. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Mix 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a shallow bowl. Roll balls in cinnamon mixture to coat; transfer cookies to prepared cookie sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until nicely browned
about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.