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                                                              Mexican Wedding Cakes

                                                              Mexican Wedding Cakes/Polvorones

                                                              Ingredients:

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                                                              10 cups unbleached flour

                                                              2 cups sugar

                                                              2 cups vegetable shortening

                                                              2 cups lard

                                                              1 Tbsp. baking powder

                                                              1 tsp. cinnamon

                                                              1 tsp. salt

                                                              1 Tbsp. anise seed 

                                                              1 cup of anise tea

                                                                 (1 Tbsp.of anise seed and 2       cups of water brought to a boil)

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                                                              Instructions:

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                                                              In a large bowl mix sugar, lard and shortening.

                                                              Pour in anise tea until smooth. In a large bowl mix

                                                              flour, salt, anise seeds, cinnamon and baking powder.

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                                                              Add dry mix 1 cup at a time until dough is soft.

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                                                              Lightly flour counter. Roll out dough to about 1/4" thick.

                                                              Use a small heart or flower cookie cutter.

                                                              Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment.

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                                                              Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake for about 10 min. 

                                                              or until edges are lightly brown. Cool for 5 minutes.

                                                              Dust warm cookie in the sugar cinnamon mixture.

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                                                              Sugar- Cinnamon Mixture:  1 cup sugar

                                                                                                          1 tsp. cinnamon

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