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Brazilian peanut and cinnamon-flavored crackers, known as “Bombom caipira”

Brazilian peanut and cinnamon-flavored crackers, known as “Bombom caipira”

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Roasted and ground peanuts were cooked with milk, eggs, and sugar until the mixture separated from the saucepan, then baked, cut into squares, and rolled …

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Recipe from Atoj, Rotlimena, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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“Caipira” means “country dweller” in Brazilian Portuguese: these rustic peanut sweets are made in large quantities. The dough is first cooked over the stove, then in the oven, before being cut and coated with a cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan, oven
  • Estimated cost$8.45 $0.42 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

20 people
  • $5.05
  • $0.25
  • $1.20
  • $1.11
  • $0.84

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Grease a baking tray and preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2. In a large saucepan, combine the ground peanuts, milk, eggs, and granulated sugar. ≈ 4 min
  3. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the dough separates and the bottom of the saucepan becomes visible.
  4. Spread the dough evenly on the greased baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven, let cool, then cut into squares.
  6. Roll the squares in the cinnamon-flavored sugar and serve. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Brazilian peanut and cinnamon-flavored crackers, known as “Bombom caipira”

  • 1 kg of roasted, shelled, and ground peanuts$5.05
  • 250 ml of milk$0.25
  • 3 eggs$1.20
  • 1 kilogram of granulated sugar$1.11
  • oil, for the plate$0.84

Total$8.45

that's $0.42 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of roasted, shelled, and ground peanuts
  • 250 ml of milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 kilogram of granulated sugar
  • 1 plate with fine sugar mixed with cinnamon
  • oil, for the plate

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