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Polvorones Dust Balls

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Recipe

These cookies have many names: Butterballs, Russian Teacakes, etc. In New Mexico, they are "Polvorones" which is Spanish for "Dust Balls".

 

Yield

1 batch

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Ready

60 min
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 cup butter
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½ cup powdered sugar
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½ teaspoon salt
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup almonds
or pecans, finely chopped
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
237 ml butter
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118 ml powdered sugar
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2.5 ml salt
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473 ml all-purpose flour
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237 ml almonds
or pecans, finely chopped
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15 ml vanilla extract
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Directions

Cream butter; then cream in sugar and salt until light and fluffy.

Add nuts and vanilla, blend in flour gradually and mix thoroughly.

Shape into balls or crescents, using walnut-sized lump of dough for each.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, until bottom is just beginning to brown.

Cool slightly, then roll in more powdered sugar.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 138g (4.9 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 70160% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 47g 72%
Saturated Fat 29g 146%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 122mg 41%
Sodium 623mg 26%
Total Carbohydrate 21g 21%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Sugars g
Protein 14g
Vitamin A 28% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2% Iron 16%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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