Biscochitos

Recipe courtesy Mary Cordova

Show: FoodNation With Bobby FlayEpisode: Albuquerque

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(5)

Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
5 dozen

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 8 min
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 53 min

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Ingredients

6 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound lard (a must, no substitutes)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons anise seed
2 eggs
1/2 cup sweet table wine
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream the lard with sugar and anise seed on medium speed. In a separate bowl. beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs to creamed mixture. Mix together well, adding wine to form a stiff-like dough, add more wine, if necessary.

Refrigerate dough overnight.

Remove dough from refrigerator and let stand for a while, until dough is soft enough to roll. Divide dough in quarters and roll to about 1/16 to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until bottom of cookie is golden brown. Remove from oven. In a bowl mix together sugar and cinnamon. Drop baked cookies into sugar and cinnamon mixture and set aside to cool.

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Comments & Reviews

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AMANDA El Paso, TX 11-30-2009
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accurate recipe, bad directions
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The directions on this recipe are incorrect. If you add all the sugar in the recipe, then the cookies will be too sweet. ... One cup of the sugar and the cinnamon in the recipe are for dusting the cookies one they are cooked. Also, try using light rum or orange juice instead of wine at half the amount. It makes the cookie a little more melt in your mouth. Read more
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ruth fontana, CA 06-16-2007
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good taste, but they should melt in your mouth
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The flavor was great but I prefer a flakier cookie. I found that by adding at least another 1/2 lb of lard and removing the... baking powder and adding a teaspoon of baking soda the cookies then melt in your mouth!Read more
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Carla Ranchos De Taos, NM 12-18-2006
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ok but not a true New Mexico Bischochito
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

this were alright but to sweet.. as a life long New Mexican this were not a true biscochito. There are a variety of recipes... using wines, rums, brandies, vanilla extract. But definitely use 1/2 cup to 3/4 of a cup less sugar.Read more
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Helen Duluth, GA 11-14-2006
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good... but moms recipe is better
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I made these only because I lost my Moms recipe then found it later on. These were too sweet for me, you can omit the table... wine and some of the sugar. I am a Native New Mexican from Albuquerque and have tasted many biscochitos over the coarse of 42 years, these were just ok for me. There are many variations of this recipe so finding one you like is a matter of trial and error.Read more
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Anonymous 08-05-2006
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good but not the real thing
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

This was a lovely tender crisp cookie, but according to my husband who grew up in New Mexico, these were too sweet. The kids... however, loved them. The whole batch was gone in a day.Read more