Official State Cookie

(photographer's note: 2 Canon 580 EX II speedlights did the trick for these treats. One was bounced off a 14 ft ceiling at +2 power, the other was bounced off a card and the wall behind the cookies. A little bit of "cross processing" in Photoshop finished up the final photo...)

The official state coookie of New Mexico is the biscochito. We tried our hand at making a few dozen of these sweet little anise and cinnamon spiked treats to give as gifts to our family and friends (read that as, my partner did the rolling, kneading, cutting and baking, I sampled the brandy and got in the way).

These cookies are popular during holidays, weddings, parties and are commonly devoured with a side of milk.

Little did I know that New Mexico was the first state to have an "official state cookie". Undoubtedly, this is yet another reason New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment".

No worries though, these cookies don't have the same storied past as the posole from yesterday.