Marranitos | Mexican Holiday Pig Cookies – Burlap & Barrel

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup room temperature butter
• ¾ cup Panela Cane Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp Cinnamon Verum
• 1 Tbsp orange zest
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp Smoked Star Anise, ground with mortar and pestle
• ¼ tsp ground Pemba Cloves
• 2 eggs + 1 egg mixed in a little water (for egg wash)
• ½ cup molasses
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (I used King Arthur Gluten-Free Bread Flour)