Mexican Ojarascas Cookies

• Cookies
• flour↗12 cups
• sugar↗2 cups
• cinnamon↗3 tablespoons
• cornstarch↗2 teaspoons
• baking powder↗1 teaspoon
• salt↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• shortening↗2 1⁄4 cups
• lard↗2 1⁄4 cups
• water↗3⁄4 - 1 cup
• Cinnamon Sugar topping↗
• sugar↗1 1⁄3 cups
• cinnamon↗2 1⁄2 teaspoons

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. 2

   Sift together all dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside.

3. 3

   In a large bowl, whip together the shortening and lard until nice and light.

4. 4

   Add the dry mixture slowly, one cup at a time (6 cups only first).

5. 5

   Place the mixture on the countertop or on a table.

6. 6

   Add the remaining dry mixture with the water and continue to knead the dough by hand until you form a good nice dough ball.

7. 7

   Sprinkle some flour on the countertop or on the table and spread out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/2 inches and use a cookie cutter to make cookies.

8. 8

   Place on a cookie sheet.

9. 9

   Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.

10. 10

    While cookies are being baked, mix together the topping ingredients in a bowl.

11. 11

    Once the cookies come out of the oven, place one by one in the sugar and cinnamon mixture one at a time and sprinkle them with this mixture.

12. 12

    Place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.