sweet anise ropes or rosquitas

cookies

Rosquitas: Sweet Anise Ropes

Rosquitas: Sweet Anise Ropes

Rosquitas de Anis

Recipe Yield

24 cookies

Cooking time

40 minutes

Rate this recipe

3.88 from 8 votes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp anise seeds
  • 4 oz, or 1/2 cup, butter cut into chunks
  • 4 oz, or 1/2 cup, vegetable shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1/3 cup warm water
  • confectioners' sugar optional

To Prepare

  • Mix the all purpose flour, baking powder, salt and anise seeds in a large mixing bowl. Toss in the butter chunks and the vegetable shortening in spoonfuls. Begin to mix it with your hands, until the butter and vegetable shortening are mixed in with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Add the sugar, egg yolks and warm water, working everything together with your hands. In less than a minute, the dough should be soft and malleable enough to be turned into a ball. Don’t knead it more than necessary, as soon as it all comes together in a homogeneous mass it is good enough.
  • Butter a large cookie sheet. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • One by one, make cookie balls with the palms of your hands, of about 1 1/2″. Then roll it out either with your hands or on a lightly floured surface, into a short rope form, of about 3 to 4″ long and less than 1″ wide. Twist the rope a bit and close the two ends making a loop. It is very easy! Like a doughnut shape!
  • Place the finished rosquitas on a buttered cookie sheet until you have finished the dough. Place them in the oven anywhere from 20 to 25 minutes, or until cooked and lightly browned on top. Remove them from the oven, let them cool, and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.

Comments

3comments inRosquitas: Sweet Anise Ropes

  1. Pauline

    Jan 19

    Do you make these at Christmas??, I remember my aunts best friend Rachel would makethese!!! Yummy sooooo good!!

    1. Pati Jinich

      Jan 21

      Sometimes I do Pauline 😉 So glad these Rosquitas brought back sweet memories!

  2. danny ruelas

    Jan 18

    my last job was lead security officer at Cotan’as in Tucson az, good company to work for…great food too.

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