HOW TO MAKE HOJARASCAS COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and salt.
• Apart, combine the evaporated milk with water and pour over sugar mix and dissolve.
• Add shortening and mix well, add flour and vanilla and form a ball, leave apart 1 hours.
• Roll out dough and cut in desired shapes with your favorite cookie cutters.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Immediately cover with sugar and cinnamon, and enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together all dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whip together the shortening and lard until nice and light.
• Add the dry mixture slowly, one cup at a time (6 cups only first).
• Place the mixture on the countertop or on a table.
• Add the remaining dry mixture with the water and continue to knead the dough by hand until you form a good nice dough ball.
• Sprinkle some flour on the countertop or on the table and spread out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/2 inches and use a cookie cutter to make cookies.
• Place on a cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
• While cookies are being baked, mix together the topping ingredients in a bowl.
• Once the cookies come out of the oven, place one by one in the sugar and cinnamon mixture one at a time and sprinkle them with this mixture.
• Place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.