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Biscochos

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“This is one of the oldest recipes for wedding cookies. I remember when I was about 18 years old, a cousin got married and I made 10 pounds of dough for biscochos. That’s a lot of cookies. I still make them at Christmas for gift giving. It is a very popular cookie at Christmas time with Mexican Hot Chocolate or Champurrado.”
~ Vangie

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Biscochos

Yield: 300 Biscochos

Ingredients:

6 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (freshly ground when possible)

¼ teaspoon ginger

1 pound lard or shortening

1 egg

1 ½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup wine, orange juice or water

1 tablespoon vanilla

2 tablespoons anise seed

Sugar and Cinnamon Coating

1 cup granulated sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Sift flour with the next four (4) dry ingredients.

Cream the lard or shortening until smooth. Add sugar, egg, vanilla, and liquid. Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture. Add anise seeds at this time and knead together. If mixture is too sticky add some flour.

Roll out the dough onto a floured board or counter and cut out biscochos using a small-floured cookie cutter or you can put the dough into a cookie shooter using your favorite design. You will have to re-knead and roll out the dough several times until you have used all of the dough. Place the biscochos onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 8-10 minutes.

While biscochos are baking, mix the sugar and cinnamon “coating” ingredients in a wide bowl. Set aside for coating baked biscochos. After baking, coat biscochos with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.

These cookies are just as beautiful to display as they are delicious to eat. Enjoy!

Photography by Jeanine Thurston

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Categories: All Recipes, Christmas, Desserts

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27 Responses to “Biscochos”

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Michelle Nault — December 15, 2010 @ 7:27 am
Now I am really missing home. Biscochos are one of my favorite cookies. They remind me of family weddings and the holidays. For those of you who have not tried these, Beware, you can not have just one.
- muybuenocookbook replied: — December 15th, 2010 @ 8:33 am
  
  Welcome Michelle! I’m so happy to see you comment on our blog! And I’m so sorry you are missing home!!! I might just have to deliver you a cookie gift for Christmas. Feliz Navidad amiga!
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Veronica — July 1, 2011 @ 5:39 pm

OMG! I love these cookies. They totally remind me of my maternal grandmother. She gone now, but she used to make tons of these in diamond or triangle shapes for Christmas. You definitley cannot have just one. I now make these during the holidays with a cookie press for my kids. Sniff, sniff…now I miss my Mama Luz.
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snookydoodle — November 25, 2011 @ 8:42 pm
These look good. can you use butter or margarine instead of lard or shortenening?
- muybuenocookbook replied: — November 26th, 2011 @ 1:21 pm
  
  I’m not sure. We have ONLY used lard or shortening. I guess butter or margarine would work, but we’ve never tried. If you try them please keep us posted.
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TxNina — December 13, 2011 @ 5:16 pm
I’ve searched & searched for the perfect recipe! This is it!! I’ve asked people I know who definitely know our hometown recipe but they aren’t willing to give away their secrets. Thanks so much for sharing! I can’t wait to start (or restart) new traditions with my kids!
- muybuenocookbook replied: — December 14th, 2011 @ 9:54 am
  
  Thank you TxNina! This is a very treasured recipe and we were planning to hold it for our cookbook, but with the spirit of Christmas we decided to share it after all. So happy you appreciate it. Best of luck sharing the tradition with your children.
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Celena — December 14, 2011 @ 10:12 pm
My daughter used your recipe for her semester exams and the biscochos turned out so yummy!!! I’ve already had neighbors stop by to try them out for the first time! They were a big hit I shared a link to your blog on my little blog.

Thanks again for sharing!
- muybuenocookbook replied: — December 25th, 2011 @ 4:59 pm
  
  Gracias Celena! I’ll be sure to visit your blog and check out the cookies. Feliz Navidad to you and your familia. Thanks for sharing our blog.
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Jeannette Quiñones- Cantore — December 23, 2011 @ 4:29 am

Se ven deliciosos!! Yumm…
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Jamie — December 24, 2011 @ 1:28 am
Thanks for this Kick Ass recipe! DELECTABLE…..
- muybuenocookbook replied: — December 25th, 2011 @ 4:42 pm
  
  My kinda compliment! Gracias Jamie! Feliz Navidad!
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Debbie @ Pink Texas Chick — May 17, 2012 @ 9:33 am

Thank you so much for this recipe. Although I have eaten these all my life I’ve never made them. There really aren’t any bakers in my family except for me kinda and I’ve been wanting to make these forever. And these are the cookies that are served at weddings, quinceñeras, etc. serve. We all love these! I will use your recipe for my son’s first communion reception. Gracias!
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Amanda — June 26, 2012 @ 10:23 pm

I have also been looking for a biscochos recipe! My tias both make them, but they don’t have time to write down the recipe….I will definitely give this recipe a try! I use to hope for a Quinceanera, wedding, or Christmas just so I could eat some….now I can make them whenever I want! Thank you so much for posting this recipe(:
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Judy — December 8, 2012 @ 9:28 am
What kind of wine do you use and how long do they keep fresh? Thanks!
- Muy Bueno replied: — December 8th, 2012 @ 10:03 am
  
  Great question Judy. Our cookbook has those details, but our blog post does not You should use WHITE wine Also you can refrigerate the cookies for a week, but we usually freeze them and pull them out as needed. They last for a LONG time in the freezer.
  
  Feliz Navidad!
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Nicole — December 15, 2012 @ 9:49 am
I’m excited to make these today. They look delicious! My great-grandmother’s recipe (which was sadly never written down) used red wine, giving them a pink color.
- Muy Bueno replied: — December 17th, 2012 @ 9:26 pm
  
  Sooooo, how did they turn out Nicole? I love the hint of pink idea
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Nicole — December 19, 2012 @ 8:25 pm

They’re great! I kept half for my family and gave away the rest to neighbors and my son’s teachers. Thanks!
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Monica — December 23, 2012 @ 6:45 am
I just wanted to let you know I’m *SO* happy that google had you guys on the top for this search. The best part is, you all are El Pasoans.. so I *know* the recipes are gonna taste like home just like how I remember. I live in NJ now, so finding a site like yours has truly made my year. Plus I get to share this special part of the holidays with my in-laws. Thank you SO much!
- Veronica replied: — December 29th, 2012 @ 8:31 am
  
  Monica, we are so happy to hear that you too love biscochos. Happy Holidays!
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Brittany — May 9, 2013 @ 7:41 pm
Was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what particular kind of wine to use?? I just recently turned 21 so do i just go to the liquoe store and say “hey, whats the sweetest white wine you have?” P.S. im making the cookies for my third grade classroom for a lesson on NM
- Muy Bueno replied: — May 13th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
  
  Hi Brittany,
  
  We usually suggest a white wine, as long as it is not sparkling you should be safe with any white wine option Keep us posted! Would love to hear what your students have to say!