Mantecaditos
Mantecaditos are classic Puerto Rican shortbread cookies with a delicious guava or sprinkled center. Perfect with coffee or hot chocolate.
Servings: 6 2 dozen
Calories: 522kcal
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract or half each of both
- ½ teaspoon salt*
Toppings
- colored sprinkles, guava paste or colored sugar sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° degrees.Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix the butter, shortening and sugar. Whisk until light and fluffy. About 2 minutes.
- Add the extract, salt and flour a little at a time and whisk or use your hands until well combined and dough forms.
- Divide dough into small balls about 1½ inch in size.Place balls on cookie sheet.
- Create an indent in each cookie with your thumb forming a small well.Add sprinkles or a small piece of guava cube (½ inch) in the center.
- Bake the cookies for about 15-20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let them sit on cookie sheet for 2-5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.Finish cooling cookies on a wire rack to cool completely and harden some.Enjoy with coffee, tea or milk!
Notes
If you are using salted butter do not add the ½ teaspoon of salt, instead simply add a pinch of salt.
Nutrition
Serving: 6g | Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 198mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 473IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 2mg