Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020 in
Snack Recipes
Tia Isabel's Portuguese Coscorões
Coscorões are a very typical Portuguese dessert during the Christmas season. They are sweet and crunchy and have a nice orange flavor to them.
| Preparation time | 15 min |
| Cooking Time | 20 min |
| Ready In | 1 h 35 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Ingredients
Preparation
- Mix the sugar with the butter in a bowl.
- Add the eggs, brandy, flour, orange zest and salt and knead well.
- Add water if necessary and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Let the dough rest covered in the bowl for at least one hour.
- Shape the dough into rectangles using a rolling pin to a thickness of half an inch.
- Make two cuts in the middle of each rectangle.
- Twist the dough into desired shapes and deep fry in a skillet with 2" of oil on high heat until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Cover the coscorões with sugar cinnamon mixture and serve while warm.
Portuguese Pineapple Tarts (Queijadas de Ananas)
These sweet and delicious Portuguese pineapple tarts (queijadas de ananas) are very hard to resist and make the perfect snack.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Portuguese Lemon Biscuits (Biscoitos de Limão)
These Portuguese lemon biscuits (Biscoitos de Limão) make a great crunchy snack, enjoy with a hot tea, coffee or your beverage of choice.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
Yogurt Cupcakes
Delicious yogurt cupcakes (queques de iogurte) for you to enjoy and share.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
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