1996 3rd Place Winner Pecan Cookies (Polvorones)

Title:
1996 3rd Place Winner Pecan Cookies (Polvorones)

Yield:
3 Dozen

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday,
Mexican




Ingredients:





     1 c  Sugar


   1/2 c  Unsalted butter


   1/2 c  Lard


     1    Egg yolk


     1 ts Vanilla


 2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour


   3/4 ts Cinnamon


   1/4 ts Anise seed, finely crushed


     1 pn Salt


   1/2 c  Pecans; finely chopped






 The 3rd place winner in the Chicago Tribune's 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie


 Contest; by Marilyn Cahill of Chicago, Illinois.


 


 1. Heat oven to 350'F. Beat 3/4 cup of the sugar, butter and lard in large


 bowl of electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy; about 3


 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Beat in flour,


 cinnamon, anise seed and salt until well mixed. Stir in pecans.


 


 2. Roll walnut-size pieces of dough between palms to make round balls. Put


 remaining 1/4 cup sugar in pie plate; roll dough balls in sugar. Place


 balls 5 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press each ball with bottom


 of a glass dipped in sugar to about 1/4-inch thickness.


 


 3. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 300'F and continue baking until lightly


 browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.


 


 Test Kitchen Note: An additional 1/2 cup butter can be substituted for the


 lard. Also, you may bake the cookies at a constant 325'F; cooking time


 should be about the same.


 


 Source: Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1996.


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 04:11:46 +0000