Biscochitos Traditional Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups lard
1 ½ cups white sugar
2 teaspoons anise seed
2 eggs
¼ cup brandy
¼ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Nutrition Info

113 calories
carbohydrate: 13 g
cholesterol: 10.6 mg
fat: 5.9 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 1.3 g
saturatedFat: 2.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 24.2 mg
sugar: 4.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl, and set aside.

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the lard and 1 1/2 cups sugar until smooth. Mix in the anise seed, and beat until fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time. Add the sifted ingredients and brandy, and stir until well blended.

  3. On a floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/2 or 1/4 inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. The traditional is fleur-de-lis. Place cookies onto baking sheets. Mix together the 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over the tops of the cookies.

  4. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the bottoms are lightly browned.

Recipe Yield

6 dozen

Recipe Note

This is New Mexico's traditional cookie. A great thick sugar cookie that is dusted with cinnamon-sugar. The traditional shape is fleur-de-lis, but use your favorite cookie cutters if you like.

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