Spanish Polvoron

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2

Grind the peeled raw almonds.

Step 3

Put the ground almonds with flour in a tray suitable for the oven and toast them for about 40 minutes.

Step 4

Remove the almond mixture from the oven and let cool.

Step 5

Mix the lard or melted butter with the powdered sugar in a bowl.

Step 6

Add the rest of the flour and almond mixture to the bowl and mix everything together.

Step 7

Make a ball with the dough that was formed, cover it with a plastic wrap, and let it rest for about 30 minutes at room temperature.

Step 8

Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out until it is about 1 cm thick.

Step 9

Cut out polvorons using a cookie cutter. Carefully put them in a tray.

Step 10

While filling the tray with cut-out polvorons, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit again. Cook them at that temperature for about 15 minutes.

Step 11

Let the polvorons cool completely.

Step 12

Dust them with powdered sugar.