Cuetara Galletas 'Maria' (Traditional Spanish Biscuits) 200 g

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A true symbol of home for many Spaniards, galletas 'Maria' are plain but sweet biscuits similar in character to the UK's 'Rich Tea' biscuits but slightly sweeter and with the addition of vanilla - the idea being that their plain style makes them great for dunking in tea or coffee. Generally inexpensive, you'll find single-serve packs of four to six cookies, rolls of about 30 cookies, and large boxes.

While they can be found with chocolate and other flavors, standard Marie cookies are flavored with vanilla. Despite their enormous popularity in Spanish-speaking countries, Maria cookies were invented in England. Marie biscuits became popular in South Africa after going into production by Bakers Biscuits in 1898.This time, the recipe is not from my grandmother’s or my mother’s but, from another important person in my life while growing up – my nanny, Maria. Ubiquitous in Latin America, they're a favorite packaged food found in virtually all Mexican households. The crispy round wafers have small holes and are pressed with decorative edging, often with Maria or Marie and the brand. You can also cover the side of the pans with the melted chocolate (you will need to use another 8 ounces if you want to completely over the whole thing), but I like the exposed sides, I do cut all around to even it out and make it perfectly even sides. In India, they are commonly eaten plain with tea or sold in bakeries after coating with chocolate and wrapped in foil.

In Spain there is a fake legend which tells that in 1920 the confectioner Eugenio Fontaneda named them after his granddaughter. It became popular throughout Europe, particularly in Portugal and Spain where, following the Civil War, the biscuit became a symbol of the country's economic recovery after bakeries produced mass quantities to consume a surplus of wheat. Marie cookies are crumbled or crushed for recipes nearly as often as they are enjoyed whole as cookies.Love the biscuits but they are fragile and the package did not take that into consideration as half of them were broken in pieces. The low moisture content ensures they won't easily fall apart when used as a dunking cookie for your morning coffee, afternoon tea, hot cocoa, or any other hot or cold beverage. When you are ready to serve, you pull on the plastic wrap to take out of the mold can turn the whole thing into a platter.

Prepare the soaking milk, by using the rest of the milk and pouring the rum in a shallow bowl – you will be using it to dunk the biscuits.Continue to dip them in the milk as you did years ago and let the tradition of a good breakfast accompany you every morning with traditional Campurrian cookies! Line a loaf pan or cake tin with a large piece of glad wrap/cling film so that there is an over hang on all sides. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Thus, the confectioners Peek and Frean decided to honour the arrival of Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the British Royal Family.

Similar to how graham crackers are used in the United States, Marie cookies may be eaten as breakfast or a snack, used in countless dessert recipes, or given to babies to munch on. The Marie biscuit was created by the London bakery Peek Freans in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. Wheat flour, sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable oil, raising agents (sodium and ammonium bicarbonate), salt, emulsifier (lecithin), flavours, flour improver (sodium metabisulphite).Using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, or a tablespoon,scoop balls of the dough onto the prepared pans, arranging them about 2 1/2 inches apart. A reminder of being with my Mum, enjoying these biscuits with one of her 'magical' pots of tea or milky coffee. The perfect event was a Royal wedding: the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (fourth son of Albert of Saxony and Queen Victoria) and María Alexandrovna.