Recipe
Cuban Queques
Homemade Cuban queques: cinnamon and anise cookies with brown sugar, perfect for dipping in coffee with milk. Simple oven recipe.
- Preparation45 min
- Cooking15 min
- Total time1 h
- Servings18 queques
- DifficultyEasy
In many Latin American countries, queque refers to a sponge cake or torte made with flour, eggs, sugar and milk. But for Cubans, queques are something else: a type of cinnamon and anise-flavored cookie eaten dipped in coffee with milk.
Queques were extremely famous throughout Cuba. Today they are rarely seen, although some food companies still produce and sell them. Readers asked for them, so here is our recipe.
Ingredients
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Method
- Grind the brown sugar in a mortar or with a blender until it is as fine as possible.
- Also grind the anise seeds and set them aside separately, without mixing them with the sugar.
- In a large, deep bowl, mix and sift the flour, salt, cinnamon and ground anise.
CiberCuba - In another bowl, beat the room-temperature butter while gradually adding the ground sugar.
- Incorporate the previously beaten eggs and the dry wine.
- Add the flour mixture and integrate all ingredients well.
CiberCuba - Roll out the dough on a smooth work surface dusted with flour.
- Knead, adding flour little by little, until the dough is compact and does not stick to the surface. Try to keep it as soft as possible.
CiberCuba - Preheat the oven to 175 °C (350 °F).
- With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to approximately 1 cm thickness and mark the shapes of the queques with a mold.
- Carefully place the queques on a greased baking sheet or one covered with parchment paper.
CiberCuba - If you wish, make small decorative dots on the surface with a toothpick.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, or until the queques are golden. Enjoy!
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