Polvorones: Mexican Wedding Cookies
Mexican wedding cookies, also known as polvorones in Spanish, are a tender shortbread cookie made with butter, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla, flour, chopped nuts and topped with powdered sugar. These cookies were made popular in Mexico by convent bakers after the Spanish settled in the new world.
- Time: 35 min
- Servings: 3
Source: The Other Side of the Tortilla
Ingredients
- butter, room temperature
- powdered sugar, sifted + 1/4 cup for topping
- teaspoon kosher salt
- tablespoon vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour, sifted
- ounces chopped pecans