Biscochitos! New Mexico's Official State Cookie

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These delicious cookies are thick and sugary with a consistency rather like shortbread. They are traditionally made in a fleur-de-lis shape but you can make them any shape you like. The biscochitos recipe originated in Spain and these cookies were introduced to Mexico by the Spanish.

They are very popular and often served as an accompaniment to wine. The traditional biscochitos recipe calls for lard rather than shortening but you can use whichever you prefer. Biscochitos are eaten over the holidays and on special occasions but they make a great sweet snack at any time.

6 cups flour
1,5 lbs lard
1.5 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4.5 tsp anise seeds
2/3 cup sugar (for dip coating)
5 tbsp cinnamon (for dip coating)

- Beat sugar and lard, add eggs in one at a time, mix well.
- mix flour, salt and baking powder together in another bowl
- slowly add flour mix to lard mix. Add anise seed. Mix
- mix sugar and cinnamon for dip coating in a shallow bowl
- roll out dough on floured counter top to 1/4" thickness.
-Cut out into desired shapes and dip cut out cookie into
cinnamon mix.
-place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes until set. The bottoms and sides should not get brown.
-Let cookie sheet cool completely before removing cookies.
*Optional: add 1 tbsp of Brandy or Cognac to dough.

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[valerienguyen392]

lard?

[yoyomax12]

@valerienguyen392 Is this a question?

[valerienguyen392]

@yoyomax12 ummmm wut is lard, i mite have heard of it but i nvr saw it anywhere

[yoyomax12]

@valerienguyen392 Lard is like shortening, except it is made with animal fat.

[maygerdruidkina456]

no cinammon ither these should be white

[yoyomax12]

@maygerdruidkina456 Just following the recipe that was sent to me

[fillefrancaise98]

@baxtersmomma Lard in pie crust is the BEST

[fillefrancaise98]

I love lard!

[baxtersmomma]

My grandma always used lard to make pie crust. :) These cookies look very good. I love anise. I will def. try!

[oXTaYlOrXo505]

No cinnamon! I should send you my nanas traditional recipe :)

Also some people prefer not to use anise in their biscochitoss:)

Glad to see this though! Yayyyy:))

[Hotwolf327]

@lucasuk82 not really it was mostly made and influenced by Spanish and Hispanics in NM

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