Polvoron
A soft and crumbly Filipino shortbread snack that's easy to make and can come in various flavors.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups powdered milk
- 3/4 cup pinipig (pounded and toasted young green rice, similar to crisped rice, crushed)
- 1 1/8 cup butter (softened)
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan or a wok then add the flour. Toast the flour until you get an aroma and the color turns light brown. Stir occasionally while toasting to prevent the flour from being burnt.
- Once the flour is toasted, let it cool down for about 20 minutes then transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Add the powdered milk then stir using a balloon whisk.
- Pour the granulated sugar then stir again.
- Add the crushed pinipig then stir until the ingredients are well combined.
- Pour the softened butter into the mixture and mix well. You can also use your clean hands in doing the procedure.
- Once all the ingredients are well mixed, let the mixture stand for at least ten minutes until the butter is cooled. This will allow the mixture to be more malleable.
- Scoop the mixture using a polvoron molder and place the shaped mixture on a pre-cut Japanese paper or cellophane then wrap the molded polvoron.
- Stack them on a plate and serve.