Polvorones are Spanish shortbread cookies made from lard, flour, powdered sugar, and ground almonds or other nuts, toasted until fragrant before being mixed into the dough. They are baked at a low temperature and emerge from the oven barely holding together — dense, powdery, and so tender that they dissolve almost immediately on the tongue […]

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Bizcochito is the official state cookie of New Mexico—the first state in the country to designate an official state cookie, which it did in 1989 after legislative debate about whether lard-based sweets deserved such recognition. The answer was a definitive yes. The bizcochito is a shortcrust cookie made with lard, flour, sugar, anise seed, and cinnamon, often […]

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