Egg Cracklets (Galletas)
Egg Cracklets. Photo by Mildred Cruz.
Category: Biskuwit
Filipino oven-baked goodies like cookies, crackers and biscuits!
Shoutout to Iced Gem Biscuits, which came from Reading, a large town in the county of Berkshire, England.
Biscocho
Photo by Mildred Cruz of Biscocho from the Panaderia Pantoja branch in the province of Batangas.
What is Biscocho? A hard pastry strongly associated with Iloilo province, biscocho is essentially bread that is baked to a toast, and then topped or coated with butter and sugar, sometimes garlic.
Lengua de Gato
Lengua de Gato by Angie Pastor. For orders in Manila, 09369815475.
Literally “cat’s tongue” in Spanish.
It’s the shape of these cookies!
Rosquillos
Rosquillos are one of the baked goodies most associated with Cebu. Rumored to have been coined by Philippine president Sergio Osmeña himself, the name comes from the Spanish word rosca, meaning “ring.”