Polvorones De Limon- Traditional Spanish Christmas Cookies
Polvorones are traditional Spanish crumbly cookies made around Christmas time. The cookies can be flavored with cocoa, lemon, cinnamon, etc. This is the recipe for polvorones with lemon or Polvorones de Limon- the Spanish name. Make a great gift for your family and friends!
Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 62kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups powder sugar
- 2 sticks PLUS 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature OR lard
- zest from 2 medium lemons
- ½ cup lemon juice you should have about ½ cup juice or 8 tablespoons (about 2 lemons)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
How to prepare the flour before baking:
- Preheat oven to 300F/150C. Place the all-purpose flour on a baking tray and dry it in the oven at 300F for 30 minutes. Do the same thing with the almond flour, but keep it in the oven at 300F only for 20 minutes.
- Let the flour cool completely. The flour might look clumpy, but this is how it should be.
- Sift both flours together with the cinnamon and set aside.
How to make the polvorones cookies:
- Lard or butter should be at room temperature.
- Cream together lard or butter with the powder sugar. You can do it by hand or with a mixer.
- Add the mixture of all-purpose flour and almond flour over the lard and sugar.
- Add the lemon zest and juice.
- Mix until you have a crumbly dough. Do not overmix.
- Place the dough on a floured surface and bring it together into the shape of a ball. Wrap it in plastic foil and refrigerate it for an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400F/200C.
- Cover cookie trays with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough about 0.5inch/1.5cm thick on a lightly floured surface.
- Use a cookie cutter or a round glass(approx. 1.4inch diameter or 3.5 cm)and cut the dough.
- Grab them with a spatula and place them on the cookie tray. Bake at 400F/200C for no more than 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool on the tray.
- TIP: Do not try to remove the hot cookies from the tray as they are very crumbly. When cool, the cookies keep their shape. Also, do not keep them in the oven for more than 10 minutes. The cookies will dry out and change their texture.
- When the cookies are completely cool, dust them with powder sugar and wrap them in a special paper for polvorones or wax paper cut in 7.4x6.7 inches(19x17cm).
- The polvorones last a long time if kept in dry, cool places. They make great gifts for the holidays.
Notes
You can use butter or lard for this recipe. You will need 8.8oz/250g your choice of fat. The dough will be crumbly but this is how it should be, in order to get that sandy texture of polvorones.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 0.3mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
