Breads & doughs
Piloncillo Pig Cookies (Marranitos)
Pig-shaped bread cookies flavored with raw cane sugar and cinnamon.
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 150 g piloncillo (raw cane sugar)
- 150 g water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 450 g flour
- 100 g butter
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 beaten egg for brushing
Step-by-step
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- Put the piloncillo, water and cinnamon in the mixing bowl and cook 10 min/100°C/speed 1, then let cool slightly and remove the cinnamon.
- Add the butter, egg, flour, baking powder and salt.
- Knead 3 min/closed lid/dough mode until a dough forms.
- Roll out the dough and cut with a little pig-shaped cutter.
- Place on a tray, brush with beaten egg.
- Bake 15 min at 180°C until golden.
Tips
- Piloncillo syrup gives these their characteristic color and flavor.
- They turn out soft the next day — great with milk.
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