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*Powdered cinnamon can substitute for whole cinnamon. Grind up 4 packages of whole cinnamon and add to 1 cup of sugar, enough to look very brown and taste good.ĭust the cookies with the cinnamon sugar while they are warm.Ĭover the pan de polvo after they have cooled and they will keep for a long time. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned. Roll out to about 1/2 inch (or less) thick. Pan de polvo is traditionally cut into small hearts, circles or fluted circles.ĥ cups flour (add about 3 teaspoons of powdered cinnamon until the flour looks pinkish)ģ/4 cup cinnamon tea (made by simmering a whole stick of cinnamon in water)Ĭombine all ingredients except the cinnamon sugar into a semi-soft dough. The recipe will make about 20-24 dozen cookies, as pan de polvo is traditionally a small bite cookie. The recipe for pan de polvo was submitted by Mrs. The cookbook included recipes using local wild plants, regional recipes and recipes from the "Nuevo Cocinero Mejicana" published in 1858. Published in 1983, friends of the museum submitted recipes representing the foods of South Texas for the Heritage Cookbook.
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Not only is the book out of print, the museum is now the Museum of South Texas History. Hojarascas Recipe Hojarascas cookies are very popular in the States of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, and are sold almost everywhere in the city of Monterrey, NL. This Pan de Polvo recipe comes to me from the Heritage Cookbook, an out-of-print cookbook, from the Hidalgo County Historical Museum. Other names for these cookies are pan de polvo, and Mexican wedding cookies. Need a nice little pick-me-up with your coffee? How about a sweet treat in the afternoon with your tea? This little cookie fills the bill.