Biscochitos
Biscochitos

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, biscochitos. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Biscochitos are New Mexico's State Cookies! Biscochitos (sometimes spelled Bizcochitos) are a beloved New Mexican treat. Although I wasn't born here, I've lived in New Mexico for more than half.

Biscochitos is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Biscochitos is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have biscochitos using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Biscochitos:
  1. Take 3 cups flour
  2. Take 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  3. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  4. Take 3 tsp crushed anise seed
  5. Take Zest of 1 orange
  6. Get 2 1/4 cup lard (or shortening)
  7. Get 3/4 sugar
  8. Make ready 1 large egg
  9. Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
  10. Get TOPPING-cinnamon/sugar mix

I'll be showing you exactly how to make biscochitos. I hope you enjoy my video and making these. The biscochitos recipe I had made in the past resulted in very buttery fine-textured cookies View image. Biscochitos I. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.

Steps to make Biscochitos:
  1. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, anise seed, Zest.
  2. In a mixing bowl beat sugar, and lard(or shortening) Add egg/vanilla and beat.
  3. Gradually beat in flour mix.
  4. Refrigerate 1hr or more.
  5. Put dough into a cookie press(or roll out and cut with cookie cutter)
  6. Press onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Prepare topping in a separate bowl.
  7. Bake for about 8-9 minutes (for rolled out cooking bake about 10-12 minutes)
  8. Watch these cookies they brown easily!!
  9. 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!!)
  10. Dip into cinnamon sugar mix.
  11. Note-I could not find crushed/ground anise. I bought regular anise seeds and used a coffee grinder-in bursts, they are light!
  12. Note-better with lard, but you may use Vegetable shortening instead(I used crisco)

Here is a fail-proof and super easy recipe for homemade biscochitos, a lard-based cookie that is flavored with star anise and cinnamon. Directions: Cream shortening, sugar and anise seed. Mix in egg, milk, brandy flavoring and salt. Be sure that all this is mixed well before putting in the flour. The Biscochito is not a Mexican cookie.

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