Cornstarch cookies (Biscoito de Maizena)
These delicious, light-textured Brazilian cornstarch cookies called biscoito de maizena or sequilhos are made with just three ingredients. Naturally gluten-free, you will love their melt-in-your-mouth texture.
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 35 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Brazilian
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1/2 can (197 g) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups + 1 1/2 tablespoons (250 g) cornstarch
- 3.5 oz. (100 g) unsalted butter, softened
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F/180 degrees C. Prepare two baking sheets lined with parchment paper and set them aside.
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In a large bowl, place the softened butter and condensed milk and beat with an electric mixer. Slowly add cornstarch, a little bit at a time, mixing with a wooden spoon, then continue mixing with your hands. Knead the cookie dough well until smooth and homogeneous.
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Using your hands, roll the dough into small 1-inch balls (2.5 cm). Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet, leaving a space of about 1 inch / 2.5 cm between the cookies. Flatten the top of each ball with a fork.
Extra tip: if desired, transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a pastry tip and pipe the rose-looking cookies. Experiment with different tips and shapes, but you will probably need some skill since the dough is quite hard.
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Bake cookies on top of your oven for 10 minutes. They are ready once the bottom of the cookies becomes slightly golden. Wait to cool sweet treats on a wire rack and serve.
Notes
- Measure cornstarch correctly using a kitchen scale or measuring cups with a scoop and level method, the same as measuring the flour.
- The best way to make the dough is with a hand mixer; however, you can mix it without one too. Just use a rubber spatula instead.
- To make your cookies identical, use a teaspoon or melon baller to spoon the dough.
- Bring the cookies to the fridge while preheating the oven if you make cookies on a hot day. Keep the second batch of cookies in the refrigerator while baking the first batch.
- If desired, you can bake cookies on greased cookie sheets (use butter or margarine).
- Don't overbake the sequilhos: they should look quite pale. Remove them from the oven once their bottoms begin to turn golden.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 66
- Sugar: 3.1 g
- Sodium: 8 mg
- Fat: 2.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.6 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 8 mg