Mexican marranitos recipe

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

Moist and rich-tasting beneath a glossy, ever-so-slightly flaky top. Not quite cookie, not quite cake. Marranitos -- or cochinos, or puerquitos,

Marranitos (Puerquitos) are soft and chewy Mexican piggy cookies. Made with piloncillo, spices, and butter for the best flavor.

Marranitos are often called "Gingerbread Pigs." Traditional marranitos get their delicious spicy-brown flavor from molasses. They are rich and oh so gratifying, their cake-like texture is reminiscent of shortbread, very lightly spiced, and deeply flavored from the traditional dark unrefined sugar known as piloncillo. Marranitos are perfect to accompany a hot cup of coffee or Champurrado (Mexican Hot Chocolate)

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

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

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.

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, 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…