Polvoron
Polvoron
I don’t think I have found anyone who didn’t like OUR polvoron. Obviously I’m being biased here, but I am partial to having it more than the one from the locally famous bakeshop chain called Goldilocks. Theirs is too hard, and not that flavorful. Though I have eaten theirs for a thousand times, I have never craved any other polvoron besides the one we make ourselves.
The dry stuff plus the butter
Polvoron essentially is a molded mixture of roasted flour, powdered milk, butter and sugar. A teaspoonful of extract is always added to the mix, lemon my choice of flavoring. Usually, it is wrapped in either some colorful cellophane or intricately designed japanese paper, but we leave ours unwrapped since, after all, it’s usually gone within a couple of days.
It is one of the kids (and our) favorite snacks. After all, it’s almost just plain sugar and milk! And with Jarell and his little brothers stopping by for the weekend, ate got the essential ingredients from the grocery to make into some yummy polvoron.
I remember making this with our helpers, or requesting my mom to make it for us when I was younger. As soon as I was allowed in the kitchen, I was already helping our helpers in molding, then straight into my mouth. I still do it now, but in lesser quantities
Polvoron Recipe
1 cup powdered milk
3/4 c sugar
1 1/2 c flour
1 c butter
lemon extract
Raw flour
Cooked flour
Roast the flour on a pan until it turns to a darker, tan color. Strain through sieve into the mixture of sugar, milk, extract and on top, the butter. Slice the butter into thin slices, and preferably it should be at room temperature. But placing the butter on top will also help the flour melt the butter for easy mixing. Mix thoroughly, then using the mold, press into the corresponding shape. If you don’t have a mold, you may compress each piece into the smallest cookie cutter mold. Lift the mold and do over with another piece. Refrigerate for easier handling, but okay to eat as straight 
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