Name: Marranitos Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 28
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup unsalted butter; 1 cup dark brown sugar; 2 large eggs; ¾ cup unsulfured molasses; ¼ cup milk; 1½ tsp vanilla extract; 5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1½ tsp baking soda; 1½ tsp ground cinnamon

Marranitos Recipe

Adah Pineda Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Marranitos

These marranitos or Mexican gingerbread pigs will surely spark joy. They are packed with hints of cinnamon and molasses.

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 12 mins

Total: 37 mins

Makes:

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter, (about 1 stick) softened
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
¾ cup unsulfured molasses
¼ cup milk
1½ tsp vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1½ tsp baking soda
1½ tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter until smooth. Add the dark brown sugar and mix until well combined. Add in 1 egg, molasses, milk and vanilla extract. Mix together until smooth.
In a separate large bowl, add the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix together to combine.
Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients 1 cup at a time and mix until well combined. The dough should cleanly pull away from the mixing bowl.
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to ⅜-inch thickness. Use a pig shaped cookie cutter like this one to cut into pigs. Place pigs 1½-inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.
In a small bowl, crack open the remaining egg and whisk. Brush the beaten egg over the tops of the pigs using a pastry brush.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
Serve and enjoy.

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