Also known as: Polvorosas Venezolanas, Venezuelan Shortbread
About this dish
Crumbly shortbread cookies that dissolve in the mouth, often flavoured with cinnamon or lemon.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups plain flour
🧈1 cup butter or vegetable shortening, softened
🍬3/4 cup sugar
🥚1 egg yolk
🌿1/2 tsp ground cinnamon or the zest of 1 lemon
🍚Icing sugar, to dust
Method
Serves 2
1
Toast the flour in a dry pan over low heat, stirring, for 5–8 minutes until lightly coloured. Let cool.
2
Beat the butter and sugar until pale, then beat in the egg yolk and cinnamon or lemon zest.
3
Mix in the toasted flour just until a soft dough forms.
4
Shape into small balls or cut into rounds and place on a lined tray.
5
Bake at 170°C (340°F) for 12–15 minutes until set but still pale. Cool completely, then dust with icing sugar.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Polvorosas are a much-loved traditional Venezuelan cookie, sold in bakeries and made at home for Christmas and celebrations; the name comes from 'polvo', powder.
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