Dessert
(Cookies
)
Biscochitos (Bis ca she toes)
Contributor: Mom/Gram
8 - 10 minutes
Pre-heat oven to 350
cookie sheet
1 1/2
cup
sugar
1
lb
lard
2
eggs
3/4
cup
wine or brandy
Apple Brandy
3
tsp
baking powder
1
tsp
salt
2
tsp
anise seed
6
cups
flour
1/2
cup
sugar
1
tsp
cinnamon
Cream lard; add sugar and cream well. Add eggs & anise. Sift dry ingredients together and add to mixture.
Add wine. Roll out on floured board, until quite thin, and cut into desired shapes. Sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon mixture. Bake at 350 degree oven until light brown. 8-10 minutes. Cut by hand or use a cookie
cutter. If cutting by hand, cut into slanted squares and feather the edges with the tip of a knife. They should
look like a little serape (Mexican blanket).
Edition: 1