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Minas Gerais cheese and coconut cookies

Minas Gerais cheese and coconut cookies

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Brazilian biscuits from Minas Gerais: a dough made with milk, grated cheese, and rolled eggs, similar to gnocchi, cooked and then dipped in warm syrup and…

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

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This recipe for miner’s biscuits is a Belgian specialty that can be prepared in various ways. Here is the classic version.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$6.42 $0.32 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

20 people

Dough

  • $0.25
  • $0.19
  • $0.20
  • $1.08
  • $0.26
  • $1.60
  • $1.60

Syrup

  • $0.29

Coating

  • $0.76
  • $0.19

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix all the dough ingredients together, roll the dough into sausages, and cut them into pieces like gnocchi. ≈ 10 min
  2. Bake them for about 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 °C.
  3. While you’re doing that, bring the water and sugar to a boil until the syrup thickens, then mix the coconut with the sugar in a bowl.
  4. Dip the biscuits in the syrup while they are still warm, then roll them in the coconut-sugar mixture. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Minas Gerais cheese and coconut cookies

  • 250 ml of milk$0.25
  • 250 ml of sugar$0.19
  • 4 tablespoons of margarine$0.20
  • 10 tablespoons of grated cheese$1.08
  • 2 tablespoons of baking powder$0.26
  • 4 eggs$1.60
  • 1 kilogram of flour$1.60
  • 1 1/2 cups of sugar$0.29
  • 100 g of shredded coconut$0.76
  • 1 cup of sugar$0.19

Total$6.42

that's $0.32 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 250 ml of milk
  • 250 ml of sugar
  • 4 tablespoons of margarine
  • 10 tablespoons of grated cheese
  • 2 tablespoons of baking powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 kilogram of flour
  • 3 cups of water
  • 1 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 100 g of shredded coconut
  • 1 cup of sugar

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