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Torticas de Moron (Cookies)
Contributor:
Kuki
Country: Cuba
Ingredients:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of sugar
¾ cup
of Crisco
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl
until you have dough. Sprinkle a table with flour and place the dough on
it. Stretch the dough rapidly. Extend the dough from the center outward
until it is ¾ inches high. Cut the dough with a round cookie cutter with a
diameter of about 1.5 inch in diameter. Place the cookies on the cookie
sheet, leaving some space between each other. Place in the middle shelf of
the oven, preheated to 450º F. Bake until they are golden, then take them
out of the oven and let them cool. Optional: You can put a small piece of
guayaba in its center before putting them in the oven.
Personal Passage:
In our town of Moron we call these
torticas, but in the United States they are called cookies. In Moron there
used to be a candy store that was called La Palma, which was owned by the
Gonzalez brothers and they brought to existence the traditional "Torticas
de Moron" recipe, which has been published in many newspapers and
magazines. Our grandmothers, mothers, and aunts used to bake these cookies
on our vacation days for the children at home, for snacks and picnics.
They are delicious and when they are baking the whole neighborhood can
smell them.
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Last update: February 22, 2007