Mexican Sugar Cookies are a crunchy but slightly soft snack from Mexico with a 3-color appearance that makes it interesting to enjoy. This snack uses sugar, so it is called sugar cake, but it is not too sweet but tastes delicious, soft, and slightly crunchy.
Usually, Mexican sugar cakes are often made as cakes during certain celebrations. In shops in Mexico there are many types of this cake with various colors and the shape is not only round, sometimes there are triangular ones, but it also looks very enchanting and you have to try it. We will share the recipe for making these Sugar Cookies here for you.
Making These Cookies
Making this Mexican cake takes a while because it uses up to 3 colors, and in the end, you have to have one bright color that gives a feeling of happiness to those who want to try it.
If you make this cake, invite your daughters so they can have a happy experience with you in your kitchen. This will be an extraordinary experience for them, and they will remember it when they grow up.
Mexican Sugar Cookies Recipe
Start by making two cake ingredients, dry ingredients, and wet ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients in one container and the wet ingredients in another container. If you don’t have a mixer, stir it manually using the strength of your hands (while exercising your muscles :)). You can use a mixer for this to speed up the process. Stir and combine until you find or obtain a strong dough.
Separate the dough into three balls, and use food coloring for cake frosting. You can use food coloring from Wilton and it is easy to use, just use a toothpick remove a small amount from the jar, and place it on top of the mixture. Stir the dough with your hands (use gloves) and you will see your dough color. Making it is easy and fun, especially if you invite your children to accompany you.
When everything is as you expect, you have a colored ball as expected, now make a small ball measuring 1/2 inch. I scooped the mixture with the tip of a melon spoon to make balls for each color.
Then, take one color from each ball, all together making three balls of different colors. Combine these three colors into one, and start rolling, if it’s good, now roll it on the sugar. Next, place it on a baking sheet with the seams of the three colors facing up.
Now deflate the ball using the bottom of a glass or bowl. Place in the oven, and bake for 10 to 11 minutes depending on the oven you use. Make sure that when cooked, the onions of the Mexican Sugar Cookies are golden. Remove from the oven and leave for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before then transferring to a rack to cool.
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That’s the recipe for Mexican Sugar Cookies and now you have a lightly sweetened cake which is sure to be your pleasure and favorite, good luck trying it and I hope you like it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter room temp
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F, beat sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and milk, set aside
- Mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing well, until a nice dough forms.
- Separate the dough into three in a ball shape. Add the coloring you want to the three balls that have been formed. Mix with your hands (wear gloves) until each ball has a different color.
- Round the balls of each color, take one ball and roll it in your hand until it forms a nice ball. Then roll in sugar, place on a baking sheet, and spray with Pam in 2 inch layers.
- Then, flatten each ball using the onion part of a bowl or glass/cup. Place in a baking dish, and bake for 11 minutes. Remove from the grill and leave for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
