Bizcochito

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{{infobox food | alternate_name = Biscochito | caption = A fresh batch of biscochitos | country = Nuevo México, New Spain | image = Fresh batch of Biscochitos, Albuquerque NM.jpg | image_size = 250px | main_ingredient = Butter or pork lard,<ref name="Hudgens">{{cite book |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=T. |isbn=978-1-4521-0033-3 |last=Hudgens |page=542 |publisher=Chronicle Books LLC |title=The Commonsense Kitchen: 500 Recipes + Lessons for a Hand-Crafted Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ofmv1W-P4LUC&pg=PA542 |year=2011}}</ref> anise, cinnamon, flour | name = Bizcochito | national_cuisine = New Mexican cuisine | region = New Mexico, U.S. | type = Cookie }}

The '''bizcochito''' or '''biscochito'''{{efn|diminutive of the {{langx|es|bizcocho}}, pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|ɪ|s|k|oʊ|ˈ|tʃ|iː|t|oʊ}} or {{IPA|es|ˌbiskoˈʃito|label=in New Mexican Spanish}}}} is a New Mexican crisp butter cookie made with lard, flavored with sugar, cinnamon, and anise.<ref name="Cobos">{{cite book |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=R. |isbn=978-0-89013-537-2 |last=Cobos |page=33 |publisher=Museum of New Mexico Press |title=A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish: Revised and Expanded Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5V6pBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 |year=2003}}</ref><ref name="NM">{{cite web |access-date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707234719/http://sos.state.nm.us/Kids_Corner/State_Symbols.aspx#cookie |publisher=Secretary of State of New Mexico |title=State Symbols |url=http://sos.state.nm.us/Kids_Corner/State_Symbols.aspx#cookie |url-status=dead |work=state.nm.us }}</ref> The dough is rolled thin and cut into the shape of the fleur-de-lis, the Christian cross, a star, or a circle, symbolizing the moon.<ref name="Teresa Dovalpage: a Cuban writer's blog 2016">{{cite web |access-date=January 19, 2021 |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Biscochitos: a traditional New Mexico treat |url=https://teredovalpage.com/2016/10/17/biscochitos-a-traditional-new-mexico-treat |website=Teresa Dovalpage: a Cuban writer's blog}}</ref>

The cookie was developed in New Mexico<ref>{{cite web |access-date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211164643/http://nmmagazine.com/article/?aid=83756#.VMaZC9LF_dg |title=NewMaxico, Biscochitos Recipe |url=http://nmmagazine.com/article/?aid=83756#.VMaZC9LF_dg |url-status=dead }}</ref> over the centuries from the first Spanish colonists<ref>{{cite book |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=P. |first2=J. |isbn=978-0-8263-5025-1 |last=Eisenstadt |last2=Belshaw |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |title=A Woman in Both Houses: My Career in New Mexico Politics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZkEH7wGHuIC&pg=PT130 |year=2012}}</ref> of what was then known as Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The roots of this pastry date back as far as the Battle of Puebla in 1862, where French Emperor Maximilian was overthrown by the Mexicans. This date is now famously recognized in the United States as Cinco de Mayo, literally the "Fifth of May".<ref>{{cite web |date=November 22, 2009 |first=Jane |last=Mahoney |title=Uniquely New Mexican; Many families eagerly await the Christmas bounty of posole, tamales and bizcochitos |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&custid=s4858255&groupid=main&profile=eds&direct=true&db=edsnbk&AN=12C2B50BBB498938&site=eds-live&scope=site}}</ref>

Biscochitos are commonly served during celebrations such as wedding receptions, baptisms, and religious (especially Catholic) holidays, and frequently during the Christmas season.<ref name="Cobos"/><ref name="Brown">{{cite book |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=W. |first2=J. |isbn=978-1-61312-795-7 |last=Brown |last2=Cogan |page=305 |publisher=ABRAMS |title=United Cakes of America: Recipes Celebrating Every State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qkiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT305 |year=2014}}</ref> They are also usually served with coffee.<ref name="Brown"/>

== State cookie ==

In 1989, the U.S. State of New Mexico made the bizcochito its official state cookie,<ref name="Brown"/> making New Mexico the first U.S. state to have an official state cookie.<ref name="NM"/><ref>{{cite book |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=A.F. |isbn=978-0-19-530796-2 |last=Smith |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |series=Oxford Companions |title=The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&pg=PA557 |year=2007}}</ref> It was chosen to help maintain traditional home-baked cookery. {{as of|January 2026}}, New Mexico remains one of only three states with a state cookie, alongside Massachusetts's chocolate-chip cookie<ref>{{cite news |access-date=2023-01-27 |issn=0882-7729 |title=These cookies are official |url=https://csmonitor.com/2006/1212/p18s02-hfks.html |work=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> and Alabama's yellowhammer cookie.

Lupe Jackson, a New Mexican native, won first prize in a New England cookie contest in 2008 for her Bizcochito recipe—overcoming the Huckabees' snickerdoodles and the Romneys' Welsh skillet cakes.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=2022-11-25 |date=March 13, 2008 |title=New Mexico's Favorite Cookie Wins Contest |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&custid=s4858255&groupid=main&profile=eds&direct=true&db=pwh&AN=2W62W62107092399&site=eds-live&scope=site |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican}}</ref>

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== See also == {{cookbook}} {{portal|Food}} * New Mexican cuisine * List of cookies * List of U.S. state foods

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