Bizcocho Philadelphia Recipes

BISCOCHITOS

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream the lard with sugar and anise seed on medium speed. In a separate bowl. beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs to creamed mixture. Mix together well, adding wine to form a stiff-like dough, add more wine, if necessary.
• Refrigerate dough overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove dough from refrigerator and let stand for a while, until dough is soft enough to roll. Divide dough in quarters and roll to about 1/16 to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until bottom of cookie is golden brown. Meanwhile, mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Drop the baked cookies into sugar and cinnamon mixture and set aside to cool.

BIZCOCHITOS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat the shortening in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until fluffy. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in 2/3 cup sugar, then the egg. Add 2 tablespoons wine and the anise seeds and beat until combined. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. If the dough is too dry, mix in up to 2 more tablespoons wine. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.
• Mix the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon in a shallow bowl. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Press the top of each cookie in the cinnamon sugar to coat, then arrange on the prepared baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Bake until the edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool about 3 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

EASY BIZCOCHITOS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cookie mix, flour, orange zest and aniseed. Stir in melted butter, egg and vanilla until blended., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. cookie cutter., Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over cookies. Bake 6-9 minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

BIZCOCHO PHILADELPHIA®

Steps:

• Precalienta el horno a 325°F. Bate el queso crema, la mantequilla, el azúcar granulada y la vainilla con una batidora eléctrica a velocidad media hasta mezclarlos bien.
• Incorpora, uno a uno, los huevos, batiendo bien después de cada incremento. Poco a poco, agrega la harina y el polvo para hornear, batiendo a velocidad baja hasta mezclarlos bien. Vierte la masa en un molde rectangular para hornear de 9x5 pulgadas previamente engrasado y enharinado.
• Hornea durante 1 hora y 20 minutos, o hasta que al insertar un palillo en el centro éste salga limpio. Deja enfriar durante 5 minutos; sácalo del molde. Deja que se enfríe completamente sobre una rejilla. Espolvoréalo con el azúcar en polvo.

BIZCOCHOS (MEXICAN HOLIDAY COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat the lard until creamy.
• Mix the wine or fruit juice with 1 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon and anise seeds; add to lard and mix with a wooden spoon.
• Add the egg yolks; mixing well.
• Add enough flour to make soft dough; roll out to 1/2-inch thick and cut in desired shapes and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 15 minutes; checking often to prevent burning.
• Mix the remaining 1 cup of sugar and 4 teaspoons cinnamon; dredge cookies in the cinnamon sugar mixture while still warm.

BIZCOCHO DE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Line an 8" square baking pan with parchment.
• Finely grind the almonds, 6 ounces of the chocolate (reserve the rest of the chocolate for the glaze), the orange zest and 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon in the food processor.
• In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks with 3 tablespoons of the sugar until pale yellow and thick.
• Fold in the nut mixture; the batter will be very thick.
• In another large bowl, beat the egg whites and the salt until frothy.
• Gradually add the remaining 3 tablespoons of sugar, continuing to beat until peaks form.
• Fold half the beaten egg whites into the almond mixture to lighten it, then gently fold in the other half.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, turn out onto a rack , peel off the parchment paper, and cool completely.
• To make the glaze, heat the cream and butter over medium low heat until steam rises from the surface.
• Remove from the heat, and stir in the remaining three ounces of chocolate and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, until the chocolate is fully melted and incorporated.
• Cool for 15 minutes, or until the glaze is lukewarm.
• Pour over the cake, letting it drip down the sides.