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Peruvian shortbread cookies made with manjarblanco.

  • Easy
  • 20 mins
  • 10 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 375g flour
  • 300g margarine or unsalted butter
  • 75g icing sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Sift together dry ingredients once.

Step 2

Make a hole in the middle of dry ingredients and place cubed butter in the middle.

Step 3

Mix butter with dry ingredients until grainy.

Step 4

Knead the dough with your hands until smooth. Separate into portions and roll out the dough with a rolling pin onto a floured work surface.

Step 5

Cut into cookies and place on baking tin. Poke each cookie with a fork.

Step 6

Place in pre-heated 350 degree oven and bake until golden and crisp, approximately 10 minutes.

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