Posted on Friday, October 2, 2015 in
Cookie Recipes
Gorete's Portuguese Spikes of Corn Cookies
Gorete's Portuguese spikes of corn cookies (espigas de milho) have a delicious tender crunch corn flavor to it and stay fresh for a long time.
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| Preparation time | 30 min |
| Cooking Time | 1 h 15 min |
| Ready In | 1 h 45 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 8 |
Ingredients
3 1⁄4 cups yellow corn flour3 cups all-purpose flour2 cups sugar3 large eggs, room temperature1 teaspoon cinnamon1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg1 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons baking powder1⁄2 lb butter, room temperature1⁄2 lb lard or vegetable shortening, room temperature1 lemon rindMilk (if necessary)
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Preparation
- Preheat oven to 180°C or 350°F.
- Beat all of the ingredients together except for the two flours.
- When well beaten, add all of the flour and mix until well blended, the dough should be firm enough to hold its shape when pressed (you can adjust firmness by adding either milk or flour, a little at a time).
- Using a cookie press with a star tip, pipe a rope of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Cut the rope into 5 to 6 inch lengths, and then shape into an S (alternatively, you can make simple drop cookies).
- Bake for about 15 to 17 minutes until the cookies are light colored, then remove them from the oven, pile all of them on sheet and return to a 100°C or 200°F oven for 25 minutes to add crispiness.
Recipe & Photo Credit: Chef Gorete, Food.com
Gorete's Meringue Cookies
Gorete's meringue cookies are light and tasty, if you like them chewy, bake at 200°F for approx. 40 minutes or until firm to the touch.
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Coconut Cookies
These delicious 3 ingredient coconut cookies (bolinhos de coco) are easy and quick to make.
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
Gorete's Portuguese Washboard Cookies
These delightful and simple to make Portuguese washboard cookies are marked with a fork to resemble an old fashioned washboard.
| Level of Difficulty | Very Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Donna
How can I print these recipes? The “Print this Recipe” button does not work for me.
2 Years ago, Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Donna, if you are using a mobile phone, when you click on a recipe on Facebook, it opens up the recipe on the Facebook app, the Facebook app does not support printing, so what you do is, when you click on a recipe on Facebook and it opens on the Facebook app, click on the 3 dots on the bottom, right corner of your screen and select open in browser. Then you will be able to print it. Let me know if this worked for you.
2 Years ago, Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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