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BiscochosPosted by Muy Bueno
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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
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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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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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.
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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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.
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.
Se ven deliciosos!! Yumm…
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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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!