Rosquillas de Vino for Christmas!
Recipe for Rosquillas de Vino
(Cookies with Wine and Anise)
These cookies are eaten all over Spain at Christmas and throughout the year.
- If you don’t have time to cook them you can always buy them in cake shops and supermarkets.
- There are a variety of ways of making them. Some are deep fried and others are baked in the oven. Delicous for a snack with coffee or tea.
The following recipe makes about 36 cookies which are baked in the oven.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup vegetable shortening (or butter or margarine)
- 3 tspns baking powder
- 2 / 3 tablespoons anise extract depending on taste
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 cups flour
- grated rind of half lemon (depending on taste)
- sugar for covering cookies
METHOD
Preheat oven to 180 degrees (°C) – it’s not necessary to grease baking tray.
- Mix all the ingredients together except for the flour
- Add flour slowly and then bring the mixure together into a ball
- Take a small amount of the mixture into your hands
- Roll into sausage shapes about 4 inches long and 1/4 – 1/3 inches thick
- Shape into rings with ends overlapping and place on a baking sheet
- Cook for 15 minutes or until golden
- As soon as they come out of the oven cover with sugar
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