Mexican Ojarascas Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 12 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups shortening
• 2 1/4 cups lard
• 3/4-1 cup water
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 sift together all dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, whip together the shortening and lard until nice and light.
• 4 add the dry mixture slowly, one cup at a time (6 cups only first).
• 5 place the mixture on the countertop or on a table.
• 6 add the remaining dry mixture with the water and continue to knead the dough by hand until you form a good nice dough ball.
• 7 sprinkle some flour on the countertop or on the table and spread out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/2 inches and use a cookie cutter to make cookies.
• 8 place on a cookie sheet.
• 9 bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
• 10 while cookies are being baked, mix together the topping ingredients in a bowl.
• 11 once the cookies come out of the oven, place one by one in the sugar and cinnamon mixture one at a time and sprinkle them with this mixture.
• 12 place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.