Mostachudos
Mostachudos
Spiced Sephardic nut cookies, often shaped into small pyramids or domes, representing the Ladino-speaking influence within Argentine Jewish life. They are fragrant with warm spices and rely on ground nuts rather than wheat-heavy dough.
Ingredients
- •2 cups ground walnuts or almonds
- •3/4 cup sugar
- •2 egg whites
- •1 tsp cinnamon
- •1/4 tsp ground cloves
- •1 tsp lemon zest
- •1 tbsp honey
- •Pinch of kosher salt
- •Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- 2
Combine the ground nuts, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, lemon zest, and salt in a bowl.
- 3
Stir in the egg whites and honey until a thick, moldable paste forms.
- 4
With damp hands, shape the mixture into small pyramids or pointed mounds.
- 5
Arrange on the baking sheet with a little space between them.
- 6
Bake at 325°F (165°C) until set and fragrant but not overly dark.
- 7
Cool completely so the cookies firm up.
- 8
Dust lightly with powdered sugar before serving.
Kosher notes
Naturally pareve if no butter is added; suitable for many holiday tables.
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