Nevaditos (Spanish Christmas Sweets)

Yes, I know it 's very unseasonal but I tried another recipe for them at Christmas with disastrous results and for some reason I had a craving for them the other day.

Don't be put off by the lard, these are actually very delicate and light. They melt in your mouth. I found this recipe in a Spanish website: cocina.facilisimo.com and changed a couple of things.

Ingredients:

• 200g lard
• 20g icing sugar
• 75ml white wine or water
• zest of a lemon
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 350g gluten free flour
• half teaspoon gluten free baking powder

Method:

Mix all the ingredients except for the flour and baking powder. I used the food processor to soften the lard and then mix them in a bowl with a wooden spoon. Then add the flour and baking powder and mix again. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 180C. Roll out the dough and cut into shapes 2cm thick (oval and round work well). Cover a baking tray with baking paper and bake for 40 minutes. Once cool sprinkle icing sugar.