Description
Bizcochito cookies are traditional New Mexican cookies flavored with cinnamon and anise for crisp, tender, sweet, and aromatic treats.
Ingredients
2¾ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground anise or 1 teaspoon anise extract
1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract optional
Additional sugar and cinnamon for rolling
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Whisk dry ingredients
3. Cream butter and sugar
4. Beat in egg and extracts
5. Add dry ingredients
6. Scoop dough into balls
7. Roll in sugar cinnamon
8. Place on baking sheets
9. Flatten slightly
10. Bake 12–15 minutes
11. Cool on sheets then transfer
Notes
Chill dough for easier handling
Use anise extract if no ground anise
Roll generously in cinnamon sugar
Store in single layer
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg