Cacahuates (Peanuts) – Jessica Dee

Two shortcrust-like cookies shaped like peanuts. They are typically filled with cream, but I used apricot jam for this recipe.

• 1 cup room temperature butter +2 TBS
• 120 g powdered sugar 1 cup
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 310 g all purpose flour 2 cups
• 2 TBS milk
• jam or filling of choice

• Preheat oven to 350F Beat butter, sugar & vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add flour and mix until it comes together. Then add milk until entire dough is well incorporated. Place the dough in a large pastry bag with a large tip. Pipe dough onto a silicone lined baking sheet. Make dough strips about 1to 1 1/2 inches long. Bake cookies for 15 minutes, until golden. Cool completely, 15-30 minutes. Apply a small amount of jam in center of one cookie and place the other cookie on top. Gently press down. Enjoy!

Apple butter cookies. The apple butter recipe has a long history, dating back to the 9th and 13th century. The recipe was created by monks in medieval European monasteries, who were skilled in the…

Chamuco in Spanish means “devil” or “demon”, ominous I know. But you can’t take it in a literal sense, it has more meaning behind the name. The term chamuco is often used as a Mexican slang, meaning…

Polvorones Most people know this cookie as The Mexican pink cookie (Polvorones Rosas). large cookie sheetsparchment paperpastry cutter 450 g all pupose flour (3 cups)1/2 tsp baking soda160 g…

If you’re from Texas, you’d likely be able to name most of the sweets that you see when you walk into a Mexican bakery. That is if the smell of bread, cinnamon and sugar do not distract you at the…

Polvorones. Most people can easily recognize these cookies when they are pink, brown and white. Kind of like the colors of Neapolitan ice cream. They are usually shape like triangles, but you can…

Marranitos A gingerbread like cookie shaped like a pig. large cookie sheetlarge sauce panpig cookie cutterRolling Pinpastry cutter Syrup360 g Pilloncio1 cup water2 large sticks cinnamon sticks (or a…

Espejos A thin, buttery shortbread cookie with a shiny icing topping. large cookie sheetparchment paperlarge silicone mat4 inch cookie cuttersmall spoon or spatula Dough360 g all purpose flour200 g…

Mexican wedding cookies Galletas de Nuez. Buttery pecan shortbread cookies with sprinkles. large cookie sheetsmall cookie scooper 1 cup unsalted butter80 g powdered sugar1 tsp vanilla extract1/2 tsp…

Besos Also known as Yo-yos. Two shortbread cookie domes with a fruit filling in the middle. large baking pansmall cookie scooppastry brush 500 g all-purpose flour200 g granulated sugar2 small…