Peanut Polvoron

The Christmas season usually makes me crave something sweet.

And for quite sometime now, I'm craving polvoron.
Polvoron is a type of heavy, soft and very crumbly shortbread
made of flour, sugar, and milk;
with variants include polvoron with cashew nuts,
polvoron with pinipig, polvoron with peanuts, and chocolate polvoron.
I made mine with peanuts.
The recipe yields 14-16 pieces and we finished it all.
Safe to say, my Hubby and I loved it! ☺
Advance Merry Christmas everyone!

You will need:

• 1 cup All-purpose flour, sifted
• ½ cup full-cream powdered milk ( preferably NIDO)
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup peanuts, crushed
• polvoron molder
• colorful (thin) paper (japanese paper) or colorful cellophane for wrapping, cut into 5x5 pieces (or depending on the size of your polvoron molder)

Variations:

• for classic polvoron: use the above peanut polvoron recipe minus the peanuts.
• for pinipig polvoron: add ¼ cup toasted pinipig
• for chocolate polvoron: ¼ cup sifted cocoa powder, 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour,   ½ cup full-cream milk, 3/4 cup white sugar, and ½ cup butter, softened

Preparation:

Step 1: In a pan, toast flour over medium heat. Stir continuously until light brown in color.

Step 2: Transfer toasted flour to a mixing bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. 

              (You can mix it with a handheld mixer or just your hand, whichever you prefer)

Step 3: Use the polvoron molder to form the mixture and wrap it in paper or cellophane.  

              Enjoy!