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Cuca cookies

If there is something that I am proud of is the gastronomic richness that we have in Colombia, from typical regional dishes to desserts and bakery.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Breads and sweets
Cuisine: Colombian
Keyword: cuca cookies
Servings: 10
Calories: 210kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ cup of water
  • 250 g of panela in small pieces or grated.
  • 5 cloves
  • 2 cups of flour
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
  • 2 tablespoons oil

Instructions

  • Prepare the syrup; in a pot place the water, the panela, and the spice cloves place over medium-high heat until it dissolves completely. You will have a cup of syrup.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
  • Sift the flour, and mix with the cup of syrup, ground ginger, cinnamon, butter, and baking soda, mix well to form a dough, but without kneading too much.
  • With the oil grease, a metal baking sheet.
  • Now, with the help of your hands, make small balls of the size you like and place them on the tray, and the fingers smeared with flour or with a fork, crush the balls until they reach the circular shape, leave a thickness of ½ cm less.
  • Perform the same procedure with the rest of the dough, being careful not to gather them much on the tray, as these cookies grow.
  • Take the plate to the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and ready.
  • Take them out of the oven, take the cookies off the tray, and fresh.

Enjoy your meal!

    Notes

    The butter used for the preparation was salt, in case you use unsalted butter, add ½ teaspoon of salt to the preparatio

    Nutrition

    Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg