Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Niños en la Cocina
Polvorones Mexican sugar cookies INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup butte r or margarine
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 300 F. 2. In a bowl, stir together flour, sugar and cinnamon. 3. Cream butter with a beater. 4. Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time to the butter while still beating until it is all mixed. 5. Use a teaspoon to spoon out small pieces of dough and shape into a cookie. 6. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake 25 minutes. 7. Optional: sprinkle warm cookies with sugar and cinnamon Makes 24 cookies
Chocolate Caliente Mexicano
Mexican hot chocolate
INGREDIENTS
• 2 bars of Mexican drinking chocolate (You can find Mexican chocolate at most supermarkets. The two easiest to find brands are”Abuelita” by Nestlé and Ibarra.)
• 4 1/4 cups of milk or water
• 4 cinnamon sticks for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pour your milk of water into a tall narrow pot over very low heat. 2. Add 2 bars of chocolate (approximately 6 ounces). 3. When the chocolate starts to dissolve gently move it with the molinillo or a wire whisk until it fully dissolves, about 20 minutes. 4. Once all of the chocolate has fully dissolved, vigorously froth the drink with the molinillo for 10 minutes to develop a frothy creamy texture. Enjoy! Serve with the cookies you made and garnish each cup with a cinnamon stick and top with marshmallows if you like. Yum!!
About Mexican chocolate
Mexican chocolate is sold in bars called tablillas (tablets). It is sweetened with sugar and spiced with cinnamon. Mexican chocolate has a slightly grainy texture.
Easy Guacamole Recipe INGREDIENTS
• 2 ripe avocados
• 1 small onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 small tomato
• 1 1/2 Tbsp lime juice (or juice of 1 fresh lime)
• salt and pe ppe r to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Peel avocados and remove the pit 2. Peel and mince the onion and the garlic 3. Chop the tomato 4. Mash the avocado in a bowl (fun!) 5. and then stir in the remaining ingredients. Serve cold with tortillas or tortilla chips.
Easy Salsa Recipe INGREDIENTS
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 gre e n onions
• 1 to 3 jalape no pe ppe rs (re move the se e ds if you don’t want it too hot)
• 28 oz can chopped tomatoes, drained (reserve 1 Tbsp of the juice)
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice (or squeeze 1/2 a fresh lemon)
• Optional: fre sh cilantro le ave s
• salt and pe ppe r
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Chop onions, garlic and jalapenos.NOTE: BE CAREFUL when handling the jalapenos. Ask your adult to do this part for you. 2. Chop and add tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of the tomato juice, lemon juice, cilantro leaves and salt and pepper to taste 3. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. 4. Put a little sprig of cilantro on top to decorate. Serve cold with tortillas or tortilla chips.