Biscochitos

Name: Biscochitos
Yield: Makes about 40 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), sugar; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon, anise seeds; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 8 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, cut into 1-inch chunks; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 , large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 2 cups (10 ounces; 283 grams), all-purpose flour

21 comments

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2016

Desserts or Baked Goods

Holiday

We dug deep into the cookie jar this year and found some unexpected treats.

SERVESMakes about 40 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes resting and 1 hour cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A longtime New Mexican holiday tradition with Spanish roots, these crisp shortbread cookies are scented with anise seed and cinnamon. They are typically made with lard, which gives them a meltingly tender texture, but we opted for a combina...

This is a members' feature.