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Queki cookie from Panama
Queque, queki or keke, even in Panama they can’t decide how to write the name of this traditional cookie. Every family has their own recipe for queki cookies. In some recipes you will only find coconut and sugar cane syrup …
mandazi with coffee and cinnamon
mandazi with coffee and cinnamon
Tasty autumnal spices give this mandazi with coffee and cinnamon its warming taste. This deep-fried cookie is a variation on the traditional mandazi from Kenya. In the traditional version, only cardamom is used. That …
Mantecadito cookie from Puerto Rico
The classic mantecadito cookie from Puerto Rico was brought to this Caribbean island by the Spanish.The name comes from the Spanish word manteca that means butter or shortening. This cookie resembles the polvoron, that crumbly Spanish Christmas cookie made with …
Aniseed cinnamon cookie
I did not change too much for my variation on the classic pandero cookie from Colombia. I found that the tapioca starch made the cookie a little dry so I replaced it with part regular flour and part corn …
Pine tart cookie from Guyana
Guyana lies right at the top of South America and has Suriname, Brazil and Venezuela as neighbors. The climate is tropical, and rice, sugarcane and cocoa are the main food products that are exported. All tropical fruits grow well here …