It’s COOKIE TIME. When Mr B told me that his work was having a Christmas potluck, the first thing I thought of was making cookies. Why? Because I love to bake, and I love eating cookies…a little bit TOO much. Last week I made a batch of thumbprint cookies in the evening and they were all gone by breakfast the next day. I knew if we continued like this I’d have to change the name of the blog from “Bears in France” to “Beach balls in France.” So, baking and sending them off sounded great to me.
I knew I didn’t want to attempt anything French, because there’d be plenty of that at the potluck. Maybe something Mexican? I knew that would be different. So I scoured the internet looking for recipes (my fam’s not big on baking) and kept finding “Mexican Wedding Cookies.” What the heck are those? I’m pretty sure I’ve been to mexican weddings and they didn’t have whatever those were. Mexicans eat cake at weddings (sometimes tres leches cake…I *drool*). But then, when I looked more closely at the recipe, I realized they were polvorones! These I knew, and these I love. They are pretty similar to these tiny cookies sold in my parent’s hometown in Mexico. Super tiny, nutty cookies. I’m pretty sure those cookies use walnuts or pecans in the mix, but ground almonds were cheaper here, so that’s what I picked 😛
Bonus! There’s no egg in these, and if you substitute margarine for butter, like I did – they’ll be vegan.
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