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Around the World in 12 Dishes – Biscoitos de Maizena

By Jen

biscoitos de maizena

It’s time for us to travel around the world and this month we have landed in Brazil. I have really enjoyed introducing my kids to different food through Around the World in 12 Dishes. What an adventure we have had. I knew immediately that if we were going to be exploring Brazil then we had to learn about the Amazon River. When I was a kid I loved watching Jacques Cousteau floating down the Amazon and telling the world all about the fish and wildlife he found. Those short movies are burned in my memory. I loved Jacques!

However, I didn’t really know much about the food that people in Brazil eat. For this information we headed to the library and found a great book about Brazil from the series of books Checkerboard Geography Library. Inside we found the recipe for a simple Brazilian shortbread-style cookie called Biscoitos de Maizena. “Maizena” refers to the most popular brand of cornstarch in Brazil. These cookies are made with a lot of cornstarch.  The recipe only has a few ingredients and the steps are quite simple. Thus, I let me 9 year old make the cookies from beginning to end.
Biscoitos de Maizena
(adapted from Checkerboard Geography Library – Brazil)
2 cups cornstarch
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
3/4 cup room temperature butter
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
mixing dry ingredients

3. Add the egg and the butter…mix until it starts to form a dough.

4. Place loose dough on a cornstarch dusted counter, knead the dough until it comes completely together into a dough.
kneading the dough

5. Set dough aside to rest for 15 minutes.

6. Form 1 tbsp balls of dough and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
rolling out cookies

7. Flatten the balls with a fork.

flattening with fork

8. Bake for 7-10 minutes..until edges are golden brown.

baking in the oven
cookies on plate

Our first batch was a melted mess and my daughter said “Do not put pictures of these cookies on your blog!” I determined that we needed a bit more cornstarch in the dough, so we kneaded a bit more in. The next batch was perfect. The cornstarch works as a thickener in the cookie. The cookies were delicious. My daughter was extremely proud of her work. It is always wonderful to show my girls how just a few ingredients can make something so delicious.

Now it’s time to see what everyone else has been baking and cooking. Please take some time to check out what all the Around the World in 12 Dishes co-hosts have discovered about Brazil.
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  1. Ticia says

    November 5, 2012 at 11:25 am

    That does look yummy

  2. Becky says

    November 7, 2012 at 8:27 am

    This looks so easy! I didn’t know they had maizena in Brazil- we use that for Mexican cooking all the time:). I will definitely try these with my kids!

  3. Valerie @ Glittering Muffins says

    November 7, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Interesting, never thought of cornstarch as a cooking ingredient, more just as a sauce thickener. What do they taste like? Thanks for joining in again and glad you had fun 🙂

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