Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe / Pan de Polvo / Hojarascas
Pan de Polvo or Mexican wedding cookies-
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Ingredients:
2.2 lbs (1 Kg) All-purpose flour
1.5 cups granulated sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1.1 lb vegetable shortening about 1 lb
3 eggs
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 pinch Salt
1 tbsp Baking Powder
2-3 tbsp milk
Bake at 350 F for 16-17 minutes
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bizcochitos (anise cinnamon stars) Something Vegan Christmas Treats Week
RECIPE
1/2 cup organic sugar
1/4 cup neutral oil
3 Tbsp. non-dairy milk
1 tsp. anise extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup organic sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. To a bowl, add sugar, oil, non-dairy milk, and anise extract. Stir well. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir until a smooth dough forms. Stir the sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Roll the dough out on a floured surface. Use a 2-inch cookie cutter to cut into small stars. Press into the cinnamon sugar, before placing on a lined baking pan. Bake 10-12 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes on the pan, before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely. Makes about 3 dozen 2-inch cookies.
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BISCOCHOS a.k.a. BISCOCHITOS: How to Make the Official State Cookie of New Mexico
I don't know how many states have their own official cookie, but in New Mexico, BISCOCHOS, also called BISCOCHITOS, are so popular, they were given the official title of State Cookie. They are a delicate, crumbly, shortbread cookie that tastes of cinnamon and anise, and they're made for all special occasions, especially weddings and Christmas. In my family, we make a ton of them, so be sure to watch the video to see the final outcome, that way you can decide if you want to cut this recipe in half.
Biscochos
2 lbs. lard
2 cups sugar
the juice of 3 oranges
1 package anise seeds
2 eggs
12 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Plus cinnamon sugar for dipping the baked cookies in at the end.
(approx. 1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1 Tbsp. cinnamon)
Cream and fluff lard. (If using a stand mixer, let it go approx. 10 minutes. The longer the better.) Add the juice of three oranges and continue mixing. While that is mixing, take anise seeds and crush them with the end of a rolling pin, or in a mortar with a pestal. then add crushed anise and 2 eggs to the lard mixture and continue to fluff. In separate bowl, combine 12 cups of flour with baking powder and salt. Then gradually begin adding dry ingredients to moist ingredients. Knead until you are left with a firm, but very pliable cookie dough. (If it's too sticky, feel free to add more flour. This will not hurt the recipe.) Flour flat surface, as well as rolling pin, and roll out dough in manageable increments to about 1/4 or 1/8 thickness. Then use cookie cutters to cut out cookies. Bake at 350º for 10-13 minutes, until bottom is golden brown, but top is still light. When they come out of the oven, dip top side only in cinnamon sugar, and let cool completely before eating. Biscochos taste better the next day and will keep for weeks.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Neil Cross
A Very Happy Christmas
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Recipe:
5 cups flour
1 cup of sugar
2 cups of shorteninglard
1tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 room temperature egg
For coating cookies
Sugar and cinnamon