Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra)
Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra)

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Mix flour and nutmeg in medium bowl. Beat butter, shortening, sugar and extracts in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Great recipe for Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra).

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have easy almond shortbread cookies (mantecaditos de almendra) using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra):
  1. Make ready 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  2. Take 1/2 cup sugar
  3. Get 1/2 cup crisco shortening
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  5. Make ready 1 tsp almond extract
  6. Take nonpareil sprinkles

This is the definitive cookbook on Puerto Rican cuisine and every cook should have one (along with a caldero)!. They are not strictly Puerto Rican cookies. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the beaten egg and extract.

Steps to make Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra):
  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Mix the crisco shortening, butter, sugar and almond extract.
  3. Then add the flour a little at a time. Keep mixing until a firm dough is form.
  4. Take the dough, form small balls.
  5. Place the small balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and press the center with your thumb to make a small dent. Place nonpareil sprinkles in the center of the cookie.
  6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.

Add the flour, ground almonds and lemon zest and mix until the dough comes together. Line an un-greased cookie sheet with parchment paper (optional). Mantecados are small shortbread sugar cookies that require just a few ingredients and very little time to prepare. The name mantecados comes from the Spanish word manteca, which means fat or lard. Here I've translated this ingredient to mean vegetable shortening, which helps provide the proper texture and consistency for the otherwise crumbly.

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