Holiday Cookies (Bizcochos)

• 1/2 pound lard
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 each eggs jumbo, or
• 2 each eggs small
• 1 x orange zest of 1 orange
• 3 cups flour, unbleached all-purpose to 3 1/2 cups
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons orange juice optional
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon ground

1. Cream lard in large mixing bowl with spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in 1/2 cup sugar little at a time.
3. Beat in egg and orange rind.
4. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in bowl.
5. Add flour mixture to creamed lard mixture about 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. After 3 cups flour are added, dough should be smooth and workable, somewhat stiff.
7. If it seems to loose, beat in up to 1/2 cup more flour.
8. If too hard to mix, add up to 2 tablespoons orange juice.
9. Refrigerate dough until thoroughly chilled, 30 to 40 minutes.
10. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough about 18 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters (or pipe onto ungreased baking sheet using large pastry bag fitted with No.5 star tip).
11. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350F (180C) until edges are golden, about 10 to 12 minutes.
12. Combine cinnamon and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in bowl and roll cookies in mixture.

lard, sugar, eggs, eggs, orange zest, flour, baking powder, salt, orange juice optional, cinnamon ground

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/holiday-cookies-bizcochos-42980 (may not work)