1996 3rd Place Winner: Pecan Cookies (polvoro Recipe
Yield: 3 DozenRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 cup: Sugar,
1/2 cup: Unsalted butter,
1/2 cup: Lard,
1: Egg yolk,
1 tsp: Vanilla,
2 1/4 cup: All-purpose flour,
3/4 tsp: Cinnamon,
1/4 tsp: Anise seed, finely crushed
1 pinch: Salt,
1/2 cup: Pecans, finely chopped
Directions:
The 3rd place winner in the Chicago Tribunes 1996 Annual Holiday
Cookie Contest; by Marilyn Cahill of Chicago, Illinois.
1. Heat oven to 350F. Beat 3/4 cup of the sugar, butter and lard in
large bowl of electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy;
about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Beat in
flour, cinnamon, anise seed and salt until well mixed. Stir in pecans.
2. Roll walnut-size pieces of dough between palms to make round
balls. Put remaining 1/4 cup sugar in pie plate; roll dough balls in
sugar. Place balls 5 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press
each ball with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar to about 1/4-inch
thickness.
3. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 300F and continue baking until
lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.
Test Kitchen Note: An additional 1/2 cup butter can be substituted
for the lard. Also, you may bake the cookies at a constant 325F;
cooking time should be about the same.
Source: Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1996.
Source from luhu.jp
Cookie Contest; by Marilyn Cahill of Chicago, Illinois.
1. Heat oven to 350F. Beat 3/4 cup of the sugar, butter and lard in
large bowl of electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy;
about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Beat in
flour, cinnamon, anise seed and salt until well mixed. Stir in pecans.
2. Roll walnut-size pieces of dough between palms to make round
balls. Put remaining 1/4 cup sugar in pie plate; roll dough balls in
sugar. Place balls 5 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press
each ball with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar to about 1/4-inch
thickness.
3. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 300F and continue baking until
lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.
Test Kitchen Note: An additional 1/2 cup butter can be substituted
for the lard. Also, you may bake the cookies at a constant 325F;
cooking time should be about the same.
Source: Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1996.
Source from luhu.jp