Polvorones Dust Balls

Answer 1

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup almonds or pecans finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 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 cres cents, using walnut-sized lump of dough for each. Bake on ungreased cookie shee t at 325 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes, until bottom is just beginning to brown. Cool slightly, then roll in more powdered sugar.
• These cookies have many names: butterballs, Russian teacakes, etc. In New Mexic o, they are polvorones which is Spanish for dust balls .

Marylin Owens PK Lake