Chocolate Polvorones
Serves: 24 people | Scaling: 1 batch |
Total time (min.): 80 | Complexity (1 to 3): 2 |
Polvorones are a crumbly, Christmas cookie simply decorated with sprinkled icing sugar.
Tools
K beater
Baking tray, large x 2
Star-shaped cookie cutter, 6 cm
Ingredients
Ingredients 1 | |
Plain flour | 300 g |
Ground almonds | 100 g |
Ingredients 2 | |
Hazelnut chocolate spread | 125 g |
Lard | 100 g |
Icing sugar | 100 g |
Cocoa powder | 15 g |
Salt | To taste |
To Finish | |
Icing sugar | As needed |
Method
Getting started
- Pre-heat the oven to 150°C.
- Line the baking trays with parchment paper.
- Fit the K beater to the machine.
Ready to Make
Stage 1- Spread Ingredients 1 (flour, almonds) evenly on to the prepared baking tray.
- Bake at 150°C for 30 minutes, stir occasionally during baking
- Remove from the oven and let cool.
Stage 2- Add Ingredients 2 (chocolate spread, lard, icing sugar, cocoa powder, salt) into the Mixer bowl
- Transfer the baked almonds into the Mixer bowl.
- Attach the Mixer bowl too the machine, fit the splash guard.
- Start the machine on speed Min and gradually increase speed.
- Mix on speed 3 for 3-4 minutes until the mixture resembles.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula hallway through or as necessary.
Stage 3- Transfer the crumb mixture from the Mixer bowl to a work surface.
- Shape into a flattened disc.
- The mixture is very dry, but the warmth from your hands will begin to melt the fat in the mixture and it will become like a short biscuit dough.
- Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out until 1“thick or preferred thickness.
- Use a cookie cutter to cut out desired shapes from the dough.
- Place the shaped dough on the prepared baking tray.
- Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or until firmed.
Stage 4 - Pre-heat the oven to 150°C.
- Retrieve the chilled dough shapes from the fridge.
- Bake 150°C for about 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Dust the biscuits with icing sugar.
Serve