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A piñata cookie is a
sugar cookie
A sugar cookie, or sugar biscuit, is a cookie with the main ingredients being sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda. Sugar cookies may be formed by hand, dropped, or rolled and cut into shapes. They may ...
that is shaped and colored like a
piñata
A piñata (, ) is a container, often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth, that is decorated, filled with candy, and then broken as part of a celebration. Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico.
The idea of breaking a container fill ...
and filled with various small candies which spill out when the cookie is broken.
Piñata
cookie
A cookie is a sweet biscuit with high sugar and fat content. Cookie dough is softer than that used for other types of biscuit, and they are cooked longer at lower temperatures. The dough typically contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of ...
s may be multicolored, which involves preparing separate batches of
cookie dough
Cookie dough is an uncooked blend of cookie ingredients. While cookie dough is normally intended to be baked into individual cookies before eating, edible cookie dough is made to be eaten as is, and usually is made without eggs to make it safer f ...
and dyeing them different colors.
The dough is then layered into a loaf with the various colors being separated
A
cookie cutter
A cookie cutter in North American English, also known as a biscuit cutter outside North America, is a tool to cut out cookie/biscuit dough in a particular shape.
They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are ...
may be used to create various shapes.
After the cookies are baked, they are further prepared by creating a hollow pocket, inside which the fillings are placed.
They may be filled with candies, such as miniature M&Ms candy, chocolate buttons,
or other ingredients. They are then sealed using frosting.
Piñata cookies are sometimes prepared for
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo (; ) is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Zaragoza died months after the battle from an illness, ho ...
.
Common ingredients in the dough's preparation include flour, vegetable oil, butter, sugar, powdered sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, food coloring and baking soda.
The piñata cookie was invented by Sandra Denneler in 2011, with the recipe
going viral
Viral phenomena or viral sensations are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them. Analogous to the way in which viruses propagate, the te ...
online the next year.
Similar desserts
Similar desserts with a piñata-style filling include cakes, cupcakes and ice cream cones.
See also
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Cookie decorating
Cookie decorating dates back to at least the 14th century when in Switzerland, springerle cookie molds were carved from wood and used to impress Biblical designs into cookies.
The artistic element of cookie making also can be traced back to Medie ...
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List of cookies
This is a list of notable cookies (American English), also called biscuits (British English). Cookies are typically made with flour, egg, sugar, and some type of shortening such as butter or cooking oil, and baked into a small, flat shape.
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References
Further reading
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External links
Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies SheKnows.com
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American cookies
Mexican desserts