Homemade polvorones or dusty are those cookies that have a sandy texture, different from any other type of cookie. Polvorones usually get a touch of cinnamon, but this can vary according to the recipe, since there are lemon and even chocolate. In countries like Venezuela they are known as dusty and other places in Spain are also called Mantecados . Now that we already know what we mean, we go with the recipe for these rich homemade polvorones.
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Ingredients to make homemade polvorones or dusty: |
1 cup of lad or vegetable butter 2½ cups of wheat flour (350 grams) 1½ cups of sugar (300 grams) 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon of salt sugar sugar sugar glas |
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Ingredients to make homemade polvorones or dusty:
1. First of all, turn on the oven to preheat it at 180º C. Now, to make our polvorones, place the melted butter in a large bowl along with the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Keep in mind that butter, although melted, must be cold before kneading.
2. Stir these ingredients well, you will see that an sandy mixture is formed and that a time will come when you will have to knead with your hands. When that point arrives, knead only with the tips of the fingers. The dough of the polvorous should not knead much with your hands or can lose its texture.
3. forms the polvorones to taste, it is best to make not very large pieces of about 4 centimeters in diameter and at most 1 or 2 wide. When you have them, place them on a baking sheet lined with vegetable paper, leaving a separation of about 3 centimeters on each side. These ingredients must reach approximately 50 dusty.
4. Kitchen in the oven for about 25-30 minutes. Check up, with the help of a spatula, to look at the bottom of the cookies. The dusty ones begin to brown down and that is when they are ready. The tray is removed and the dusty are taken one by one. Reserve on absorbent paper until they cool.
5. Homemade polvorones or dusty are almost always decorated with a little glasses on top, but this is to taste. You can also add some lemon or sugar zest with cinnamon. And if you want do.