pan de polvo (mexican cookies) updated 2022

Dallas, TX
Updated on Dec 21, 2011

These cookies are very delicate and crumble easy. I have been making these cookies for over 20 years.

prep time 25 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake
yield many

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds self-rising flour
  • 1 pound lard is best, crisco will do
  • 1/4 cup cinnamon tea
  • 1/2 pound sugar
  • 8-12 sticks cinnamon

How To Make pan de polvo (mexican cookies) updated 2022

  • Step 1
    Boil a 1/4 cup of water with several cinnamon sticks, to make a cinnamon tea. Once cooled, strain, the tea will be used to form dough
  • Step 2
    Combine lard and flour, I use pastry cutter, add cinnamon tea, one tbsp at a time to form dough, (dough should be clay-dough like), but not sticky I separate the dough in half form a ball wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
  • Step 3
    I roll out the dough between parchment paper. Use a round cookie cutter (about the size of half dollar) and cut out the cookies. Place them on cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 15-18minutes. Cookies will be very light in color and delicate
  • Step 4
    After removing from oven, right away I gently use a thin spatula to start place a few cookies at a time into the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Gently and lightly coat the cookies, remove to a plate, continue until all cookies are lightly coated with the sugar/cinnamon
  • Ground sugar and cinnamon sticks
    Step 5
    In food processor I grind 8-10 cinnamon sticks with sugar, until sugar is fine, but not powder, there will be chucks of cinnamon stick, Set a side in a large shallow container

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Culture: Mexican
Category: Cookies
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Flour

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