Mexican Wedding Cookies / Polvorones are soft, crumbly, heavy, short bread cookies from Spain. They are often served during Mexican wedding menu and thus the name.
It’s the season of baking and I am so happy about it. My daughter loves baking and is eagerly waiting to make these mexican cookies which we had made earlier.
Polvorones are made with different kinds of nuts, it is one of the essentials during Mexican wedding and thus they are called by that name.
They are classic ones which are simply irresistible. Sugar coated, they look so good. You take a bite, they are crunchy and soon melt in the mouth.
I love these Mexican Wedding Cookies / Polvorones as they are tasty, easy to make, eggless, have a lovely texture and love the beautiful sugar coated look.
A few pointers to make good cookies:
- Always use butter at room temperature. Keep it outside ahead of time.
- Make sure you are using good ingredients, do not regret later of throwing it.
- Use proper measurements while baking.
- Inspite of using proper measurements, you may end up in a disaster. It may be a difference in the oven setting or timing.
- Do take a proper note of the oven settings as each one is different.
Mexican Wedding Cookies / Polvorones
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2.25 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup walnuts
- sugar for coating
Method:
- Take butter and sugar in a bowl and whip them together until they are well incorporated and smooth in texture.
- Add vanilla essence and salt to it.
- Slowly, add the flour in two batches to it.
- Mix it well.
- Fold the nuts into it.
- Take small ball of it and make it into small circle.
- Take a baking tray, put a sheet over it.
- Line the cookies on a sheet.
- Pre-heat the oven at 170 degree centigrade.
- Bake for five to ten minutes.
- Once they are golden in color, remove and coat them in the powdered sugar and put them on the rack again to cool.
- Serve when cool for the crumbly texture.
Take a note:
- You may reduce the quantity of walnuts if needed.
- Pecans and walnuts are usually added to it. You may add any other nut to it.
- A little bit of cinnamon powder may be added to the castor sugar while dusting them.
- Butter should be at room temperature.
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Mexican Wedding Cookies / Polvorones
Ingredients
Method
- Take butter and sugar in a bowl and whip them together until they are well incorporated and smooth in texture.
- Add vanilla essence and salt to it.
- Slowly, add the flour in two batches to it. Mix it well.
- Fold the nuts into it.
- Take small ball of it and press it into a small circle.
- Take a baking tray, put a sheet over it. Line the cookies on a sheet.
- Pre-heat the oven at 170 degree centigrade.
- Bake for five to ten minutes, until golden in colour.
- Remove and coat them in the castor sugar.
- Put them back on the rack.
- Once they are cool, store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Decrease the amount of nuts if needed.
- Pecans or walnuts are usually added to these cookies. You may add other nuts.
- Butter should be at room temperature.
Other Christmas treats that I have on the blog are: Kul Kul, Butter cookies, ghee coookies, mocha banana cake, easy pizza, salted cashew nuts, mocha coffee cookie
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