Marranitos recipe

No Mexican panaderia for hundreds of miles? Bake my own marranitos-puerquitos! Reliving my favorite childhood moments with this recipe.

Makes 16 Large Cookies This is the cookie cutter I used.

Puerquitos, marranitos, cochinitos, o galletas de piloncillo. These are the names that these piggy shaped cookies are known by across Mexico. They're an

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Marranitos are absolute favorites in Mexican baking. My recipe is created from childhood memory, with no ginger. Piloncillo, star anise, and black pepper, there's the secret!

Marranitos (or cochinos, or puerquitos, as are they are called in some Mexican-American communities) are often called Gingerbread Pigs, although they don't actually have ginger in them. The flavor comes from the molasses. This recipe is a trans-pecos region variation which uses the non-traditional addition of cinnamon.

These are the famous Marranitos de Piloncillo, one of my country’s most traditional recipes. This recipe that I’ve used here is excellent.

Marranitos (aka puerquitos or cochinitos de piloncillo) is a delicious Mexican pan dulce shaped like a little pig that tastes like a soft gingerbread cookie!

These marranitos or Mexican gingerbread pigs will surely spark joy. They are packed with hints of cinnamon and molasses.

Marranitos, also known as puerquitos, cochinitos or gingerbread piggies, are pan dulce with a distinctive pig shape (hence the name) and a texture somewhere between a cookie and a bread or cake, with crispy edges and a slightly soft and chewy center. Found in panaderias all over Mexico, these popular large cookies get their deep molasses-like flavor and color from piloncillo. They are traditionally mild in flavor — not overly sweet — and lightly spiced; my recipe includes a cinnamon…