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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 get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have easy almond shortbread cookies (mantecaditos de almendra) using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra):
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup crisco shortening
- Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- Prepare 1 tsp almond extract
- Make ready nonpareil sprinkles
Stir in the beaten egg and extract. Add the flour, ground almonds and lemon zest and mix until the dough comes together. Line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper, or use an ungreased cookie pan. Line an un-greased cookie sheet with parchment paper (optional).
Instructions to make Easy Almond shortbread cookies (Mantecaditos de almendra):
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Mix the crisco shortening, butter, sugar and almond extract.
- Then add the flour a little at a time. Keep mixing until a firm dough is form.
- Take the dough, form small balls.
- 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.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
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. Add a few drops of natural food coloring, from beets or pomegranate, to make a pink dough and shape the cookies as hearts, an ideal treat for Saint Valentine's Day. Use green coloring for Saint Patrick's shamrock-shaped cookies, or orange for pumpkin-shaped Halloween treats.
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