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4.08 from 145 votes

Marranitos & Puerquitos (Soft Mexican Gingerbread Pig Cookies)

Makes 16 Large Cookies

This is the cookie cutter I used.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories:
Author: Esteban Castillo

Ingredients

For the Cookie Dough

  • 4 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour (562 g)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Allspice
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter , room temperature (143 g)
  • 1 ⅓ cup Dark Brown Sugar , packed (277 g)
  • ¼ Cup Molasses (84 g)
  • ¼ cup Buttermilk (57 g)
  • 2 Large Eggs , room temperature

For the Egg Wash:

  • 2 Eggs whisked together

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and brown sugar on medium speed for about a minute. Reduce the speed to low then slowly pour in the molasses and buttermilk. Add the eggs, one at a time, making sure that ones mixed in before adding the next. After the eggs have been mixed in, add one third of the dry ingredients, wait for it to incorporate, then add the next third, wait and then add the rest.
  • At this point, the cookie dough is going to be soft, so divide your dough into 4 equal sized balls, then wrap them up with plastic wrap and place them in the refrigerator for 4 hours to chill.
  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  • Once the dough has chilled, roll your dough out on a well floured surface to abut a 1/2 inch thickness. Use your cookie cutter to cut out the cookies, then evenly space them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. (You should be able to get 4 cookies per ball of dough) I like to dip my cookie cutter in a little bit of flour to make sure I get clean edges.
  • Once you have your cookies on your cookie sheet, brush on the egg wash, and bake for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies have risen and the tops have begun to crack.
  • Let your cookies cool for about 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg