Easy Mantecaditos Recipe (Puerto Rican Cookies)
Yummy and easy Puerto Rican shortbread cookie recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (or vanilla extract)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- Sprinkles or guava paste for filling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffly. About 3 minutes.
- Add almond extract, salt and flour until well combined.
- Roll dough into small balls, about 1 1/2 teaspoon each
- Place dough ball on cookie sheet and create an indent in each cookie with your thumb.
- Add sprinkles or a small cube of guava paste or a dollop of guava jelly into the indent. (about 1/2 inch cube of guava paste)
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until the edges of the cookie are golden
- Cool on cookie sheet about 5 minutes before transfering to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Don't overmix the flour or add too much, or the cookies will be dry and tough. You want them to be soft and buttery.