Mexican Pastelitos

Name: Mexican Pastelitos
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 40 balls
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (plus extra for greasing pan); 1/4 cup superfine sugar; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup cornstarch; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, to decorate (sifted)

Submitted by DailyInspiration

"Recipe taken from my "Cookies and Bars" cookbook. Haven't tried them yet, but they are on my holiday cookie list."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 40 balls

ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened (plus extra for greasing pan)
¹⁄₄ cup superfine sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₂ cup confectioners' sugar, to decorate (sifted)

directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Place the butter and superfine sugar in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Sift the flour, cornstarch, and cinnamon into a separate bowl, then gradually work dry ingredients into creamed mixture with a wooden spoon. When well mixed, knead until smooth.
Take 1 teaspoons at a time of the mixture and roll into a ball. place the balls on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, or until pale golden.
Place the confectioners' sugar in a shallow dish and toss the pastelitos in it while they are still warm. Let cool on cooling racks.

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Reviews

Crispy, crumbly and not too sweet. These Mexican Pastelitos are very similar to "polvorones" but without nuts or almonds. <br/>These are very simple traditional cookies, prepared with really simple ingredients and parfumed with cinnamon.<br/>After trying the first one your would like to take the secon one. Then a third one and so on.

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