Portuguese Biscoitos Recipe Traditional Biscuit Cookies

PORTUGUESE BISCUIT COOKIES (BISCOITOS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
• Prepare two baking pans with parchment paper.
• Add the flour, salt and baking powder and mix together using a whisk or spoon.
• Add the butter and the sugar into a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment and cream together until light and fluffy. You can also use a hand blender.
• Add in the eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and milk and mix together until well combined.
• Pour in the flour mixture and mix until the dough comes together. If the dough is to dry, and a bit more milk.
• Remove the biscuits dough and place onto a light flour working surface.
• Work the dough a little bit more by kneading it for about 1-2 minutes.
• Roll out the cookie dough into a long log and cut small golf ball size pieces and slightly round them. You can also use a small ice scoop, scoop small golf ball-shaped balls.
• To shape the biscoitos, roll out each piece into a rope shape about 4-5 inches in length and 1/2 inch thick, and connect both ends together resembling a ring or bagel.
• Transfer formed biscuits into baking pan and keep them about 1/2 inch apart.
• Repeat until all the cookie dough is made up.
• Once your first tray is done, place into the oven and bake for 16-18 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Remove the tray from the oven and let the biscuits cool down for five minutes before removing them to a plate or cooling rack.
• Repeat with the second tray.
• Keep biscuits stored in an airtight container or zip lock bag, they will keep for about 2 weeks.

PORTUGUESE BISCOITOS RECIPE ( BISCUIT COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F).
• Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, add the flour, salt and baking powder and mix together using a whisk or spoon.
• Cream the butter and the sugar either with a mixing machine or hand mixer until the butter mixture is smooth and light.
• Add to the butter mixture, the eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest and juice, and water or milk and mix until well combined.
• Add the flour mixture and mix until the dough comes together. If the dough is dry, and a bit more water or milk.
• Place the cookie dough onto a lightly floured working surface.
• Use an ice cream scoop and scoop pieces of cookie dough about the size of large gum balls.
• Shape the biscoitos by rolling out each piece into a long strip about 4-5 inches in length and 1/2 inch thick, and connect both ends together resembling a ring.
• Place biscuits onto baking pan and keep them about 1/2 inch apart.
• Repeat until all the biscuit cookie dough is used up.
• Baking one tray at a time, place the cookie tray into the oven and bake for 16-18 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Once baked, take out from the oven and let the biscuits cool down for a few minutes before transferring them to a plate or wire rack.
• Repeat with the second tray.
• Keep biscuits stored in an airtight container, they will keep well for about 2-3 weeks.

PORTUGUESE BISCOITOS RECIPE (TRADITIONAL BISCUIT COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, and lightly flour a clean cutting board or work surface.
• In the bowl of a standmixer, add the butter, and sugar. Cream until light and fluffy.
• Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Add the eggs, extracts, and milk and mix until combined.
• Turn down the mixer speed and slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. The dough should form a ball on the paddle. If it is too dry add 1 tablespoon of additional milk. If it is overly stick add one tablespoon of flour until it is workable.
• Remove the dough from the stand mixer and knead on the floured workspace. The dough should be the consistency of play dough.
• I used a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop to scoop out tablespoon-sized balls.
• On the floured work space, roll on dough with the palms of your hand to create a 5 inch "snake". Bring together the ends to form a ring. Place cookies 1 inch apart of the baking sheet.
• These cookies bake for 18-20 minutes to get toasty deep golden-brown bottoms and tan golden-brown top surfaces. *See images
• Cool cookies for ten minutes before removing and baking the next batch. Repeat the process until all cookies are done.
• Cooled cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks time.

BISCOCHITOS TRADITIONAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the lard and 1 1/2 cups sugar until smooth. Mix in the anise seed, and beat until fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time. Add the sifted ingredients and brandy, and stir until well blended.
• On a floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/2 or 1/4 inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. The traditional is fleur-de-lis. Place cookies onto baking sheets. Mix together the 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the tops of the cookies.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the bottoms are lightly browned.

AVô'S BISCOITOS (PORTUGUESE BISCOTTI/COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture.
• Do not undercream or overcream. (Undercreamed butter/sugar looks yellow and dense. Overcreamed butter/sugar looks white and greasy.).
• Add eggs, mixing until blended.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, stirring until combined.
• If dough seems dry or flakey, knead slightly.
• Scoop up ping-pong ball sized dollops of dough.
• Roll between your hands to form a 5-inch long "snake", even throughout the length.
• (if dough is too sticky to handle at this point, you will need to add a small amount of flour to the dough to make it workable).
• Brings ends of the "snake" together, slightly folding one end over the other, to form a donut-shape with a small hole in the middle.
• Place cookies 1-2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Let rest on baking sheet 2 minutes before transferring to rack to cool.
• Enjoy!

INES' PORTUGUESE BISCOITOS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder and mix well. Add 3 of the eggs and mix until thoroughly combined. Add the butter slowly and blend until the mixture forms into a smooth dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets. Working with 2 tablespoon portions of dough at a time, roll the dough with your hands against the counter to form snake-like lengths about 5 inches long and 3/4-inch thick. Bring the edges together and press to seal so that you have a small donut shape. Place the dough circles onto the prepared cookie sheets spaced about 1-inch apart. Mix remaining egg with remaining tablespoon of sugar to form a glaze. Brush the top of each cookie with some of the glaze. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until the cookies are light golden brown on top. Cool completely, then store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Serve with tea or coffee.