Polvoron latin Shortbread


What is a polvorón?
Polvorón is a soft, dense and crumbly (shortbread-type) cookie, popular in Latin America, Spain and also Philippines. Polvorón basic ingredients are flour, sugar and lard. It is a type of "mantecado", spanish shortbreads made withmanteca(lard). Every country has its own versions of polvorones. Puerto Rican version is simple and delicious.

 

 
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp almond extract

Instructions
Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add salt and extracts. Mix until combined.
Add the flour slowly and mix until incorporated. The dugh must be thick and manageable.
With a scoop or your hands, form small balls (about 1 tbs each). Place in a cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes or until completely baked (bottom must be golden but top must be pale). Let them cool at least 10 minutes.

*Tip
You can also...
Press your thumb to make an indent in each cookie before baking them, and fill with any fruit jam. Guava paste is the favorite here in the Island.
After you let it cool completely, roll them in powdered sugar

 
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