Recipe For Cooking Biscochitos

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Southwest Inspired Cookies

Biscochitos (Mexican Cookies)

1 C. sugar
1 C. butter, softened
3 Tbsp. sweet sherry
1 egg
3 C. flour
2 tea. baking powder
2 tea. anise seed, crushed
1/4 tea. salt
1/4 C. sugar
1 tea. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix sugar, butter, sherry and egg in a lrg. bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 C. sugar and the cinnamon. Divide dough into halves. Roll each half 1/4 in. thick on a lightly floured board. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters; place on unprepared cookie sheet. Mix 1/4 C. sugar and the cinnamon; sprinkle on cookies. Bake until light golden brown, 10 to 12 min.