Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, biscochitos. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Biscochitos is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Biscochitos is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Biscochitos are New Mexico's State Cookies! And for good reason, they are buttery, sweet, and spiced just right. Reviews for: Photos of Biscochitos Traditional Cookies.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook biscochitos using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Biscochitos:
- Prepare 3 cups flour
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 3 tsp crushed anise seed
- Prepare Zest of 1 orange
- Take 2 1/4 cup lard (or shortening)
- Make ready 3/4 sugar
- Make ready 1 large egg
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready TOPPING-cinnamon/sugar mix
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Steps to make Biscochitos:
- Combine flour, baking soda, salt, anise seed, Zest.
- In a mixing bowl beat sugar, and lard(or shortening) Add egg/vanilla and beat.
- Gradually beat in flour mix.
- Refrigerate 1hr or more.
- Put dough into a cookie press(or roll out and cut with cookie cutter)
- Press onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Prepare topping in a separate bowl.
- Bake for about 8-9 minutes (for rolled out cooking bake about 10-12 minutes)
- Watch these cookies they brown easily!!
- Take out of oven, wait about a minute or two so you can lift the cookie without it crumbling (but it must still be warm!!)
- Dip into cinnamon sugar mix.
- Note-I could not find crushed/ground anise. I bought regular anise seeds and used a coffee grinder-in bursts, they are light!
- Note-better with lard, but you may use Vegetable shortening instead(I used crisco)
Traditional Mexican wedding cookies, empanadas, and more, proudly made in Las Cruces, NM. New Mexico was the first state to recognize an official state cookie symbol. Directions: Cream shortening, sugar and anise seed. Mix in egg, milk, brandy flavoring and salt. There's nothing else quite like our official state cookie, the biscochito, bizcochito, or biscocho. variants: or less commonly biscochito \ ˌbē- skō- ˈchē- tō . plural bizcochitos also biscochitos.
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