Posted on Monday, February 3, 2020 in
Snack Recipes
Portuguese Grandma's Orange Cookies
This great tasting Portuguese grandma's orange cookies recipe (receita de biscoitos de laranja) take less then 30 minutes to make.
| Preparation time | 15 min |
| Cooking Time | 15 min |
| Ready In | 30 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
Ingredients
2 and 1/3 cups of flour (about 300gr)1/4 cup of butter2/3 cup of sugar1 Egg1 teaspoon of baking powderZest and juice from 1 orange
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Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC or 350ºF and place parchment paper on a tray.
- Beat the sugar with the melted butter until well dissolved.
- Add the egg and beat until smooth.
- Add the orange zest and the juice and mix well.
- Add the flour with the baking powder and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- If necessary, add a little more flour.
- Sprinkle a counter top and continue kneading.
- When everything is well kneaded, if necessary, add a little milk so that the dough is capable of being formed in cookies by hand.
- Divide the dough into small portions and form into cookies (to taste).
- Arrange on the tray and bake until the cookies are golden in color (about 10 to 15 minutes).
Recipe & Photo Credit: pequenosprazeres-pl.blogspot.com
Posted by: Eddy
Portuguese Simple Lemon Biscuits
These very easy to make 5 ingredient Portuguese simple lemon biscuits (biscoitos simples de limão), are great for snacking.
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
Portuguese Simple Bolinhos de Chuva
This Portuguese recipe for bolinhos de chuva (sonhos) is very simple and delicious, these are hard to resist and make a great snack with a cup of hot coffee or tea.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Babalu's Simple Coconut Cupcakes
This delicious simple coconut cupcakes recipe (receita de bolinhos de coco) is so easy and quick to make.
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
Jennifer Haltom
I made these today, it was a super easy recipe. I left out the zest( I wasn't sure I'd like the chunks) They came out great. They are very dense in consistency but very good. I will definitely make them again. Thank you Eddy for sharing!
1 year ago, Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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