Hojarascas is a very traditional Mexican cookie. In any bakery you will find them and they sale by the kilo (2 pounds).
This Hojarascas cookies are good all year long, but because I fell that Christmas is getting close I thought it will be a good idea to share this amazing recipe so you can make it now.
I like easy quick recipes,specially for Christmas that I love to give away plates to friends ans family full of cookies.
And this Hojarascas cookies is one of my favorites, so simple and quick.
Budget Ingredients and Substitutes
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- all purpose flour
- sweet condensed milk
- shortening
- sugar
- cinnamon
- walnuts or pecans (optional)
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
A favorite cookie in our home, You only require just a few ingredients, that am pretty sure you already have at home.
Mix the all purpose flour,and the shortening. Then add the sweet condensed milk.
Once you add the sweet condensend milk, you need to start forming a dough, then expand the dough and start cutting the cookies.
You can add walnuts or pecans to the dough if you would like. bake them 350F Once they are out give them a few minutes then add them to the mixture to the sugar and cinnamon.Cover the cookies both ways.
Easy and delicious cookies.Enjoy.
Can you freeze the hojarascas cookies?
You can freeze the dough, but not the cookies, and the reason for that is that the cookie needs to be warm so the mixture of the cinnamon and sugar stick to the cookies.
You could warm them up for a little bit but the taste is different.
So to freeze them, add the dough to a piece of plastic wrap then to a piece of aluminum foil . You can keep it there for up to 30minutes.
Storage
You can keep the dough inside the fridge in a airtag container for up to 10 days. Once you bake them, you can keep them fro around 15 days or so. in a airtag container.
Top tip
Do not over cook this recipe. You need to use the entire can of sweet condensed milk.
FAQ
It will depends on the size of your cookie cutter, but you can get from 25 to 35
no, sorry this is not a good recipe for the freezer.
I havent try it.
You can but the flavor and texture will be a little different.Using shortening help us for the cookies to stop for spreading or loose their shape. This Hojarascas cookies are a perfect citcle.
Check this extra yummy Mexican desserts recipes, are really yummy and simple.
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How much is needed for each ingredient? I did not see a recipe card.