Yucca Cookie

Biscoito O Globo

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    60

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
My Rio de Janeiro: A Cookbook

By Leticia Moreinos Schwartz

Published 2013

  • About

The story of biscoito globo begins in 1953, when the three brothers Ponce (Milton, Jaime and João) went to live with a cousin who was a baker in São Paulo. Their cousin taught them to make this delicious cookie, which they soon brought to Rio. The cookie went from the aisles of bakeries to the sand of Rio’s beaches and there isn’t a single carioca who doesn’t love biscoito globo. This recipe i