Jagunço cassava starch cookies

Jagunço cassava starch cookies

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Brazilian biscuits made from tapioca flour (cassava starch), pre-cooked with water and then kneaded with butter and a lot of eggs, and baked slowly in a l…

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Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

24 people
  • $3.70
  • $7.18

Directions

  1. Mix the water with the dry powder, then pass it through a sieve to obtain a very fine texture. ≈ 4 min
  2. Place the mixture in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until it begins to form clumps. ≈ 3 min
  3. Pour the into a large mixing bowl, add the butter and beaten eggs, and knead until the dough is smooth and pliable enough to roll out. ≈ 10 min
  4. Grease your hands and shape the dough into long, rectangular biscuits. ≈ 10 min
  5. Bake for approximately 60 minutes in a low oven (160 °C). When they start to rise, reduce the temperature slightly.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of cornstarch (either sour or sweet cassava starch)
  • 2 cups of butter
  • 18 eggs
  • 500 ml of water

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