Puerquitos
also called puerquito · puerquitos · marranito · marranitos · cochinito de piloncillo · cochinitos · pig cookies · gingerbread pigs
- Panadería
- serves 18
- about 1 hr 45 min
- Cookies
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 1/2 cup(95 g)vegetable shortening | cream the fats and sugar | beat in the egg and the syrup | work in the dry, chill 1 hr | roll, cut 18 pigs, wash | bake at 350°F 12 min |
| 1/4 cup(50 g)lard | |||||
| 1/4 cup(50 g)granulated sugar | |||||
| 1 large(50 g)egg | |||||
| 3/4 cup(180 mL)miel de piloncillo | |||||
| 3 1/2 cups(420 g)all-purpose flour | |||||
| 1 tsp(5 g)baking soda | |||||
| 2 tsp(5 g)ground cinnamon | |||||
| 1 tsp(2 g)ground ginger | |||||
| 1/2 tsp(1 g)ground anise | |||||
| 1/2 tsp(3 g)table salt | |||||
| 1 large(50 g)beaten egg | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.12 things to get out.
1cream the fats and sugar
2beat in the egg and the syrup
goes in with what step 1 made
3work in the dry, chill 1 hr
goes in with what step 2 made
4roll, cut 18 pigs, wash
goes in with what step 3 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 1 hr 12 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- none givenof the steps that give a time
3 of the 5 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. The recipe itself says 1 hr 45 min.
cream the fats and sugar
not timedfrom the start
beat in the egg and the syrup
not timedfrom the start
work in the dry, chill 1 hr
1 hrwalk awayfrom the start
roll, cut 18 pigs, wash
not timed1 hr in
bake at 350°F 12 min
12 minwalk away1 hr in
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them.
Goes with
See how it is written
>> title: Puerquitos
>> category: Cookies
>> tags: piloncillo, mexican, spiced, cookie, oven
>> counters: Panadería
>> aka: puerquito, puerquitos, marranito, marranitos, cochinito de piloncillo, cochinitos, pig cookies, gingerbread pigs
>> pairs-with: piloncillo-syrup
>> servings: 18
>> time: 1 hr 45 min
>> step.1: cream the fats and sugar
>> step.2: beat in the egg and the syrup
>> step.3: work in the dry, chill 1 hr
>> step.4: roll, cut 18 pigs, wash
>> step.5: bake at 350°F 12 min
Cream @vegetable shortening{1/2%cup}(95 g), @lard{1/4%cup}(50 g) and @granulated sugar{1/4%cup}(50 g) until light.
Beat @egg{1%large}(50 g) and @miel de piloncillo{3/4%cup}(180 mL) into @&(~1)creamed fat{}. The syrup is the sweetener and the colour both — a puerquito made with molasses and brown sugar is a gingerbread pig wearing the name.
Work @all-purpose flour{3 1/2%cup}(420 g), @baking soda{1%tsp}(5 g), @ground cinnamon{2%tsp}(5 g), @ground ginger{1%tsp}(2 g), @ground anise{1/2%tsp}(1 g) and @table salt{1/2%tsp}(3 g) into @&(~1)syrup mixture{}, then ~chill{1%hr}.
Roll @&(~1)dough{} 1/4 inch thick, cut 18 pigs with a floured cutter, lay them well apart and brush with @beaten egg{1%large}(50 g).
Bake @&(~1)cut pigs{} at 350°F for ~bake{12%min}. They should still give in the middle when they come out — a puerquito is soft and cakey, not a snap.