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| Nutrition Facts | ||
|---|---|---|
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Serving Size 1 dozen 195g Recipe makes 2 1/2 dozen) The following items or measurements are not included below: nonpareils |
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| Calories 869 | ||
| Calories from Fat 381 | (43%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 42.4g | 65% | |
| Saturated Fat 25.2g | 125% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 11.8g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 2.5g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 324mg | 108% | |
| Sodium 809mg | 33% | |
| Potassium 114mg | 3% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 111.7g | 37% | |
| Dietary Fiber 2.0g | 8% | |
| Sugars 53.9g | ||
| Protein 11.1g | 22% | |
Galletas Elena (Mexican Cookies)
By: Chocolatl
May 1, 2009
This came from Elena Zelayeta's Elena's Secrets of Mexican Cooking. She claims, though, that she is not the Elena of the title, but that this is a popular cookie in Mexico. Kids like the nonpareils
2 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup nonpareils
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 375°F.2
Beat the butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract together.3
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, and sift them into the butter mixture. Stir to make a smooth dough.4
Shape the dough into small balls. Poke your thumb in the center of each ball to make a hole, and shape into rings.5
Dip each ring in nonpareils.6
Bake on lightly greased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned.7
Cool before storing.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: realbirdlady
On May 24, 2009
A nice basic cookie, with easy attractive decorating options. I use margarine, rather than butter - the cookies flattened a little in the oven, but were still tasty. We played around with other decorations besides nonpareils, and decided we like the mexican coarse-grained sugar best. (Cocoa/cinammon was tasty, but not very attractive.)
From: Realtor by day, Chef by night
On May 17, 2009
We loved these cookies! They had a nice vanilla flavor. They were kind of like buttery sugar cookies. My little girl had fun decorating them but beware- the dough is soft and needs to be chilled for about 2 hours in order to roll it inot the little balls. We ended up with 22 cookies so I guess I made them a little bigger than I was supposed to. Made for ZWT5 for the Kitchen Witches.
From: Julie B's Hive
On May 15, 2009
Wonderful little cookies. I used KA's Mellow Pastry Blend Flour and the 24 I got out of this recipe were light and airy little treasures. Made for ZWT5.
From: KITTENCAL
On May 11, 2009
loved this buttery little gems, I added in some crushed almonds and used also added in 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, made for ZWT 5 and thoroughly enjoyed today, thanks Choc!
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