Mexican Bizcochitos (Crusty Sweet Biscuit)

photo by PalatablePastime

- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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24 biscuits
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 3⁄4 cup flour, plus
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- extra powdered sugar (in a flat dish or plate)
directions
- Cream together butter and powdered sugar.
- Add in flour, pecans and vanilla and mix together.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place on a greased baking sheet.
- Flatten with bottom of a glass that has been dipped in powdered sugar.
- Bake in 300°F preheated oven for 15-20 minutes.
- When done, roll each in powdered sugar while still warm.
- If you like cinnamon, you may add it to the dough or in the powdered sugar you roll the baked biscuit inches.
- My granddaughter likes to spread a little jam on hers, but that is too sweet for me.
- Best served warm from the oven with coffee, hot chocolate or your favorite warm drink.
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Reviews
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peppermintkitty, these are wonderfully crisp and buttery! Extremely easy to make too! I made a few changes: I dissolved 1/4 tsp instant coffee in the vanilla before adding to rest of mixture as well as adding 1/4 tsp cinnamon to the flour. Next time (and there WILL be a next time!) I will add a little more of both. I'll also add another 2 tsp of icing sugar to compensate for the bitterness of the cinnamon and coffee (I chose not to roll them in more icing sugar after they came out of the oven). I got 15 cookies from this batch and since they didn't get any bigger, I was still able to bake them on one sheet. Thanks peppermintkitty!<br/>M&Mers
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I used walnuts - do not eat hot if you use walnuts, it tastes too much like walnuts - eat at room temperature. Fast, simple and cheap, you get just a few so they don't go stale. I had all the ingredients for this delicious cookie. I squashed the dough mounds with my hand as they stuck to the bottom of the glass - then I sprinkled icing sugar on them and baked. You cannot beat the speed of this recipe and the cookies taste great - this is added to my permanent selection to be enjoyed often.
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I am retired and live in Oklahoma. We use to raise scottish terriers, but now just enjoy having 3..one of which is a rare wheatland scotty. We have 2 grown daughters and my oldest has my grandson & granddaughter. Katy is almost 13 now, and I love and cherish the time she spends with me. My youngest dd is FINALLY having a baby,,a little girl due on April 1 '05. We are very excited! Hubby and I love taking out our pontoon boat every chance we get...we love to fish, but I'm happy just to be out on the water :) I love all kinds of cookbooks, especially southwest and cooking for two meals. Of course Zaar is the best recipe site on the net! I've started copying zaar recipes for my granddaughter and she says she'll never be able to make them all :) My hobbies include my dogs,,grandkids, painting art hobbies, and most crafting...love garage sales too!! I really love working outside in my gardens, but health and "old bones" keep me from it more than it used to. My hubby and I love to travel and also fish. I have used this site for awhile now and I'm embarrassed I haven't shared more of mine. Guess I've been busy making yours! When I have a question, the members here are so friendly, helpful and very quick to answer back! Of course, you've figured by now I love to talk!! I have to say my love for cooking comes from my mom. She is one of those cooks that just gets into the kitchen and starts cooking with no recipes and everything she makes is wonderful! She's about the best "all around cook" I know! I'd like to think I "inherited" some of her cooking intuition :) But getting close to 80 (sorry mom, but you sure don't look it) she cooks circles around me!