Cinnamon Shortbread

Growing up in southern Texas and northern Mexico, polvorones were always served at weddings with a slice of cake and a few candy mints, too. It’s not a shower or a wedding without polvorones served with the cake. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are addictive and actually taste better the longer they sit. You can store them up to one month in an airtight container.

The dough is traditionally blended by hand because the warmth of your hand slightly softens the shortening and lard to