Recipe: Polvorones – Mexican Tea Cakes
Summary: Sugar and Spice Combined with the Tang of Sour Cream make these Mexican Tea Cakes Delicious
Ingredients
- 2 cups less 1 tablespoon cake flour, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon each baking soda and cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup less 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1/4 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar, divided
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon each almond and vanilla extracts
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Into small mixing bowl sift all but 1 tablespoon flour with the baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; set aside.
- In large deep mixing bowl cream margarine with 3 tablespoons sugar; add egg, sour cream, and extracts and, using electric mixer, beat until thoroughly combined.
- Beat in sifted ingredients, 1/3 at a time, and continue beating until thoroughly combined, scraping dough from beaters as necessary.
- Transfer dough to sheet of plastic wrap; enclose dough in wrap and form into a ball.
- Refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cut dough into 20 equal pieces (about it ounce each); working directly over dough, dust hands with remaining 1 tablespoon flour, allowing excess to sprinkle over dough.
- Using hands form each piece into a ball; arrange balls on sprayed sheet, leaving a space of about 1 inch between each.
- Bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Sift remaining tablespoon sugar with the cinnamon onto plate.
- Roll warm tea cakes in sugar mixture to coat, transfer to wire rack, and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
- Makes 10 Cakes – 2 Per Serving
- Per serving: 187 calories: 3 g protein; 10 g fat: 21 g carbohydrate: 195 mg sodium: 30 mg cholesterol
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Cooking time: 10 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 4
Culinary tradition: Mexican
Calories: 187
Fat: 10
Protein: 3

