VOLVOROUS COOKETS

Polvorous cookies are a typical sweet of Venezuela. These are cookies made from flour and butter and equipped with an extremely soft texture. Tradition dictates that it is a recipe that comes from the colonial era, but its origin is rather uncertain. About 50 years ago they were very common on Christmas dinners, especially in Caracas, but this custom has been lost. For this reason, in recipes, we rescue this delicious and simple Venezuelan cookie. The most common thing is that the dusty has a pleasant taste, but it is also possible to use lemon zest to give flavor. Another important detail is that the dough should compact, but enough for the cookie to be fragile and get rid of the mouth. This is achieved through the balance between flour, sugar and vegetable butter. By the way, this last ingredient should not be replaced by butter or margarine. Do you dare to try a different cookie? Take note of the ingredients and learn how to make Venezuelan polvorous.

Ingredients to make dusty cookies:

1. After measuring all the ingredients, preheat the oven at 200 ° C. Then, mix the butter with the cinnamon and vanilla. Remember that we do not recommend making dusty cookies with butter because its texture varies.

Trick: For another flavor, it only replaces the half teaspoon of cinnamon with lemon zest and vanilla by juice.

2. Mix well until completely soften the butter. It is likely to take about 5 minutes to beat with a spatula to break all the fragments of that fat. In the end, you must get a paste with an ointment consistency.

3. Unite salt and baking powder with flour, add these ingredients to tablespoons to the previous mass and mix them little by little. The best way to join them is to pass the spatula as if you picar ”the butter from one side to the other of the mold. This will make fat break and form a kind of sandy mixture, but large grains. You can also take this step with your fingertips.

Trick: Remember that baking powder (chemical yeast) are only necessary if the flour is of all use. Leading or pastry flour already includes them.

4. Add the sugar in the same way, that is, as picando ”with the spatula or with the fingertips.

5. You must obtain a mass with a finer sand texture due to sugar. Be sure to use a not very large sugar. Of course, do not use icing sugar because the dusty would not look at all well.

6. Compact the dough with your hands little by little until it is completely.

7. forms a ball with the dough and divide it into two equal parts. Make two balls again and cut them in the same way. Repeat this process until you get about 16 balls. To form the dusty cookies, compact the dough well and turn it between the palms of the hands until it passes in a rounded shape to a flattened shape. Do not leave it very thick, because it has to grow a little during the baking.

8. The traditional adornment of Venezuelan polvorose is a cross and you can do it with a very sharp chuchillo. By the way, these cookies do not need a greased tray. You can even do them without baking paper.

9. Bake the dusty cookies for about 15 minutes. The cookies are not going to brown, therefore, it controls the time well. When you take them out of the oven, let them cool for a while before removing them with a palette. Wait until they cool completely before eating them so that they harden and get rid of your mouth. List! This easy is the recipe for homemade polvorose, you can enjoy them during snack or breakfast.