Recipe For Cooking Piglet Cookies

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Southwest Inspired Cookies

Piglet Cookies (Mexico)

A soft, spicy gingerbread cookie commonly found in Mexican bakeries and supermarkets throughout the Southwest. These are also known as "Cochinitos."

Makes approximately 2 1/2 dozen

3 C. flour
1 Tbsp. ground ginger
1 1/2 tea. cinnamon
3/4 tea. baking soda
1/2 tea. salt
1/2 tea. ground cloves
1/4 tea. white pepper
1/2 C. butter
1/2 C. brown sugar
1/2 C. sour cream
1 egg
1/4 C. honey
1/4 C. molasses
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Glaze
1 egg white
1 Tbsp. water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet/

Sift together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, cloves and pepper into a bowl.

Cream together butter and sugar. Add the sour cream, egg, honey, molasses and vanilla extract or flavoring. Stir in the dry ingredients. The dough should be fairly moist. Cover the dough, and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hr..

Roll the dough out and cut with a pig-shape cookie cutter. After putting cookies on prepared cookie sheet, brush with glaze made by mixing egg white with water. Bake for 10 to 12 min.