polvorones orange cookies

600g flour

150g icing sugar

250g lard

3 egg yolks

1 orange

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Oven at 350F

bake for about 7 minutes or until they are golden brown

1. Beat lard until cream, add yolks one at a time, then baking soda, add icing sugar, then orange zest, and at the end add alternating between flour and orange juice.

2. If the dough is too dry add 1 egg white

3. Roll the dough and cut the cookies

4. The cookies are baked in oven pans previously buttered and “floured”