What Polvorón means
Polvorón is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "big crumbler". It is built from Spanish polvo (dust, powder) and -orón (augmentative). It is pronounced pol-voh-RON, and it is most associated with the whole country.
An Andalusian shortbread that came over with the Spanish. The name records what it does in your mouth: it collapses into powder.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).
