Polvorones Cinnamon Cookies

By oldbklady

A Polvorones (Spanish word for dust) is a type of heavy, soft and very crumbly Spanish shortbread.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 c. butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp salt

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 33mins

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. use electric mixer on high speed about 2 minutes. add the flour, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and the salt to the butter mixture and mix on low speed of mixer 1 minute. Shape dough in a ball and cover with plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Combine the remaining powedered sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside for dusting cookies.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Roll cookie dough into one inch balls and place on cookie sheet one inch apart. Bake for 18 minutes. Cool cookies. When cookies are cool, roll them in powdered sugar and cinnamon mixture

Makes 48 cookies