Polvorones Puerto Rico-style

Description
Ball-shaped cookies

Ingredients

 * 2 cups wheat flour, sifted
 * ⅔ cup sugar
 * ½ cup cooking oil
 * 1 egg at room temperature
 * 2 tbsp butter, softened
 * pinch of salt

Directions

 * 1) Blend sugar slowly into the oil.
 * 2) Add the egg, salt and butter and blend thoroughly.
 * 3) Blend the flour in, slowly and thoroughly.
 * 4) Roll the resulting dough into 1-inch balls and place in an ungreased cookie sheet, flattening each ball slightly with the palm of your hand.
 * 5) Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 10 minutes.
 * 6) Serve warm as dessert or as a treat anytime throughout the day.
 * 7) In the rare event that they are not devoured immediately, polvorones will keep in a cookie jar for several days.