COCINA: Royale Da's Biscochitos

By BBAUNTIE

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lard
• 1 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 6 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp anise seed (or liquid anise)
• 6-8 tsp orange juice frozen concentrate (do not dilute)
• Cinnamon Sugar mixture to dip cookies in after baking

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350

Cream lard & sugar with mixer. Add eggs and continue to mix. Add anise, vanilla and mix well.

Slowly add in dry ingredients (flour & baking powder) and use mixer or hands to knead.

Slowly add orange juice concentrate to mixture as needed to reach ideal texture.

Use cookie press or roll out dough and cookie cutters.

Bake cookies for about 3 minutes if you used cookie press and 3-5 minutes if you used cookie cutters.

After baking dip topside of cookies in pre-prepared cinnamon-sugar mixture while cookies are still warm so mixture sticks.