Time: 1 hour.
Complexity: easily
Quantity: 30 cookies

Polvoron—these snow-white nut cookies simply melt in your mouth, delicious and crumbly—are made with just four basic ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, flour, and nuts. These cookies are traditionally baked in Mexico for weddings, but why wait for a special occasion when you can practically have everything you need on hand? Form the dough into crescent shapes and bake, then, while still warm, roll them thoroughly in powdered sugar.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 0.5 cup powdered sugar + extra for rolling the cookies
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 and 3/4 cups premium flour + extra for work
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Recipes with similar ingredients

premium flour, powdered sugar, pecans

We recommend

Preparation:

Step 1
• Preheat oven to 135°C. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2
• Using a mixer on low speed, beat the butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Stir in the vanilla extract. Gradually beat in the flour on low speed. Stir in the crushed pecans with a spatula. Using floured hands, scoop out about 1 tablespoon of the dough and shape it into a crescent shape.
Step 3
• Continue flouring your hands and forming the cookies. Place them on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 40 minutes. When the cookies are cool enough to handle but still warm, dust them with powdered sugar. Cool on a wire rack.

Votes: 2