I love making these Colombian cookies because they are very simple to make and they don’t require cookie cutters or any fancy tools 🙂 They are also crumbly and buttery perfect served with a glass of milk , cup of black Colombian coffee or a cup of tea. The name Polvorosas comes from the word Polvo in Spanish, which translates to powder in English.
Polvorosas are a great treat to make with your kids. I made these cookies with my mom and my siblings while growing up in Colombia and now I make them with my son. He loves rolling the cookies in the powdered sugar! I hope you enjoy making, and eating, these Polvorosas as much as we do!
Buen Provecho!
Ingredients
(About 24 cookies)
- 1 1/2 cups of unsalted butter (3 sticks)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powder sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- To clarify the butter: Place the unsalted butter in a medium pot over low heat, until it is melted.
- Let it simmer until the foam goes to the top of the melted butter.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let stand for about 5 minutes.
- Skim the foam from the top and discard. Pour it into a bowl using a fine mesh strainer.
- With an electric mixer, beat the butter for about 3 minutes. Add the sugar,vanilla and beat until well blended. Add the flour, and continue beating for 2 minutes.
- orm the dough into a ball. Wrap in plastic and place in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
- oll 2 tablespoons of dough between your palms into balls. Place the balls on a large greased baking sheet about 1/2-inch apart. Flatten the balls using your hands.
- Bake the cookies until golden on top, about 20 minutes. Let them cool for about 5 minutes on the baking sheet. Dust the cookies with the powdered sugar.
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Joanne says
I love these cookies! They really do make the perfect tea snack!
Juliana says
Oh Erica…I can almost taste this cookies melting un my mouth…gorgeous!
Thanks for the recipe and hope you are having a great week 🙂
Belinda @zomppa says
I want, I want, I want!! Looks soooooooo amazingly tempting!
sippitysup says
I like the way this cookies crumbles! GREG
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I have never had Colombian cookies! You can’t go wrong with the combo of butter and sugar, can you? They are just gorgeous.
Carol @ Always Thyme to Cook says
They are a perfect treat! They look fantastic, especially with a cup of coffee.
Lisa says
When is the best time to put the vanilla in the mixture?
Erica says
Add the vanilla with the sugar.
grace says
i’m sure these just disintegrate in the mouth–how yummy!
tasteofbeirut says
Love cookies with clarified butter! these would be gone in minutes here!
Anonymous says
We made these cookies last night and they were buttery and delicious. thanks for the recipe.
Erica says
Thank you, guys! I appreciate your comments!
Elisabeth says
Do you add both sugars to the cookie dough or is the powdered sugar only for the dusting at the end? Thank you!
Cody says
Can I add an egg so they don’t crumble?
Daisy says
Should I add in all of the sugar at one time or save the powdered sugar for dusting?
Janice Salinas says
I just tried these as a class project for my son and the cookies flattened and didn’t bake correctly. It seems that there was too much butter or not enough flour. I assumed that the powdered sugar was for dusting. Does the powdered sugar need to be added to the dough mixture?
Erica Dinho says
The powder sugar is for dusting.They are butter cookies, Did you place the dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes?
To says
Yummy
Joi says
I just made them! They are amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Ali says
Thank you! My friend and I made these cookies. The whole class loved them!
Terri says
My cookies flatten out when baking about 1/8 in deep what do you think would have caused that?
Fern says
My son had to make a Colombian food recipe. He chose these cookies. So glad he did! They were really easy to make and so, so good! Had to pack them up for school quickly, before we ate them all. Will definitely make them again! Thanks for the recipe.
Mak says
Hi all! My husband is actually native to Colombia and has informed me that these cookies are not Colombian. Polvorosas are a Venezuelan cookie. Still yummy!