KING RANCH POLVORONES

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons butter-nut flavoring
  • 2 cups flour (sifted)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups young pecans (finely chopped)
  • powdered sugar
  • For chocolate cookies: Add 1/4 cup cocoa to the flour mixture and use vanilla instead of the butter-nut flavoring.

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream butter, sugar, butter-nut flavoring until fluffy. Sift flour and salt and add to creamed mixture, blending throughly. Add young pecans and mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on baking pan. Bake at 325 for 20 minutes. Do NOT brown. Cool, then roll in powdered sugar.

For chocolate cookies: Add 1/4 cup cocoa to the flour mixture and use vanilla instead of the butter-nut flavoring.