🇺🇾 Uruguayan Cuisine

Bizcochos

Uruguayan Pastry Biscuits

Prep Time 2 hours
Servings 20
Difficulty Medium
Calories 156 kcal

Flaky, buttery pastry biscuits in various shapes — from grasa (fat) to de manteca (butter) — sold warm from bakeries every morning and dunked into mate or coffee as an essential daily ritual.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Dissolve yeast in warm milk with sugar. Let foam for 10 minutes.
  2. 2 Mix flour and salt. Cut in beef fat or butter until pea-sized pieces form.
  3. 3 Add yeast mixture, knead into a smooth dough. Rest 30 minutes.
  4. 4 Roll out dough, fold in thirds like a letter. Repeat rolling and folding 3 times with 15-minute rests.
  5. 5 Cut into shapes: rounds, crescents, or twists. Place on baking sheet.
  6. 6 Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake at 200C for 15 minutes until golden and flaky.

Did You Know?

In Uruguay, sending someone to buy bizcochos is a Sunday morning tradition so deeply ingrained that bakeries have special Sunday hours, and the phrase 'ir a buscar los bizcochos' signals the start of a family gathering.