
If you would like to give these as gifts, you can look for colorful food-grade bakery paper to wrap the cookies!

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Gemma’s Pro Chef Tips For Making Polvorones
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Making these delicious Spanish almond cookies is so easy - and they make lovely edible Christmas gifts! Here is how you make polvorones (and don’t forget to get the full recipe with measurements, on the page down below):
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How To Make Polvorones (Spanish Almond Cookies) In this recipe, I use butter! They were traditionally only made from September to January, but they’re now available every month of the year. Now, however, the pork fat is usually replaced with shortening or butter.

Polvorones are a “mantecado,” which is a type of Spanish shortbread made with pork fat. If you’re a fan of nutty, delicate, beautiful little cookies, you have to give these a go! What Are Polvorones? These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are a type of Spanish shortbread that is typically made with nuts - usually almonds. These cookies are gaining more and more popularity around the world, but they’re especially popular in places like Cuba, the Phillippines, the United States, and of course, Spain, where they’re a holiday favorite. They’re not too sweet and have a fantastic crumbly texture, which makes sense because they come from the Spanish word “polvo,” meaning powder or dust! Polvorones are a wonderful cookie to add to your dessert tray around the holiday season! My homemade polvorones, also known as Spanish Almond Cookies, are deliciously nutty and very delicate - the texture and flavor are incredible together. Please see my full disclosure for details.
