| Jack Scalfani and his buddy Joe are making a New Mexico favorite dessert. Here is the recipe: Ingredients ! 1/2 Cups Sugar ! 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon ! 6 Cups! Flour ! 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder ! 1 Tablespoon Anise ! Pinch Salt ! 2 Cups Very softened butter (4 sticks) ! 1 3/4 Cups Sugar ! 2! Eggs ! 1 Cup of Orange Juice Directions: Pre-heat oven to 375. In a small bowl, make a mixture of cinnamon and 1/2 sugar. Use more or less to taste. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, anise, and salt together. In a second bowl, mix the softened butter, sugar, eggs, and orange juice. Mix half of the flour mixture together with the butter, sugar, eggs, and orange juice. Then add remaining flour. Kneed dough thoroughly until all ingredients are mixed. Don't over kneed. (Use Kitchen Aid mixture with dough hook if available.) On a floured counter top or cutting board, roll small golf ball-sized dough balls into 6 inch ropes. Bend the ropes into a design that looks like the Christian fish symbol or any design you wish. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Using the cinnamon/sugar mixture, sprinkle over the cookies. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes (check at 15 minutes). Yields: about 85 cookies. New Mexico-Style Biscochitos |
