Traditional Portuguese Cookies (Biscoitos

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2 tbsp Lemon, zest

• Refrigerated

  • 6 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 7 cups All-purpose flour
  • 4 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp Salt

• Drinks

  • 1/3 cup Orange juice, freshly squeezed

• Dairy

  • 9 oz Butter, unsalted

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Description

Ingredients

• 7 cups of all-purpose flour (we use unbleached)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 9 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature (255 g) (same as 1 cup + 2 tbsp)
• 6 large eggs, at room temperature
• ⅓ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 tbsp lemon zest

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 ºF.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large stand mixer bowl, place all the ingredients in the order described above.
• Attach the dough hook to the stand mixer.
• Run the stand mixer on its lowest setting for 10 minutes.
• All the ingredients should be well incorporated and the dough should be coming off the sides of the bowl. If not, let the stand mixer run 2 or 3 more minutes.
• Note: For this next step, you can eyeball it or you can use a small digital scale (we used a scale).
• If youre doing this by-eye, pull about a walnut-sized ball of dough from your bowl; or if by weight, 1.2 oz (34 g).
• Roll the dough between the palms of your hand to form a ball.
• Now, with the dough ball between your palms, rub your hands together (as if warming them up) to form a snake shaped piece of dough.
• Now place the dough on the baking sheet in a circle shape ,but dont close the loop. Cross one end over the other (see the sample image).
• Repeat the last four steps until the baking sheet is full. We fit 20 per sheet.
• Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. Check at about 22 minutes. If they start to colour a lot, remove them from the oven before the full 25 minutes.
• Wait 5 minutes and transfer the cookies to a cooling wrack.
• Repeat the last two steps until all the cookies are baked.
• Store these in a tightly sealed cookie jar or plastic container.