It’s biscochito season
5 places
Biscochitos are New Mexico’s state cookie, and this season a few places are putting the flavor into coffee, cocktails and pastry. We found five to try around Albuquerque, two of them bakeries that make the cookie itself.
Latte Corazon
Latte Corazon started pouring a biscochito latte on Nov 11, and you can have it hot or iced. Try one at the coffee stand on Unser in Rio Rancho.
Top of The Block
Top of The Block has a Biscochito Martini on its new menu. It’s the upper-deck bar at The Block, Rio Rancho’s shipping-container complex, so the cocktails come with a view.
Crème de la Crème
A cronut filled with biscochito pastry cream and topped with a biscochito. Crème de la Crème teamed up with Celina’s Biscochitos on this one, and it’s on all holiday season.
The pastry counter in Sawmill Market.
Celina's Biscochitos
Celina’s bakes the classic, cinnamon and a touch of anise, and then has some fun with it. Lately that’s red chile biscochitos dipped in chocolate, rainbow-stamped ones, and blue corn piñon, which they now make year-round.
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Golden Crown Panaderia
Try Golden Crown’s biscochitos with a coffee at the panaderia on Mountain Rd. Its signature green chile bread is made with tomato, cilantro and Parmesan.
Start with the cronut at Sawmill Market while it’s here for the holidays. Then go for the classic at Celina’s or Golden Crown, and save the latte and the martini for a day you’re already out in Rio Rancho.