I remember the first
time I saw Brasil nut when I arrived in
The recipe I am
sharing with you is very easy and simple to prepare. It was given to my mom by
a friend of hers back in the days when we lived in Belém – couldn’t be more
typical. Besides being very crunchy – which automatically qualifies it as yummy
to me, another lovely thing about these cookies in my opinion is the fact that when the cookies are done and
you remove them from the oven you get a really lovely whiff of nuts. Kind of
earthy.
300g of ground Brasil
nuts
300g unsalted butter, softened
200g plain flour
200g corn flour
100g sugar
Put all the
ingredients in a bow and mix them all together using your hands. Well, you can
start by using a wooden spoon but eventually you will have to put your hands on
the dough. When the mixture becomes a uniform ball start preparing the cookies.
Use a tea spoon measure for each cookie. I find that the smaller they are the sweeter
it is as they tend to grow a bit once in the oven.Put the baking tray in the oven an wait until the cookies are golden.Don't let them burn.
The cookies below are still Brasil nut ones but I have added a special touch. I have added guava paste to them - that's what the red blob is. Guava paste will be covered in a future article but I can just say that we love it as a nation. We eat it with cheese, in sandwiches (I know that I did), in cakes. So why not on Brasil nut cookies?