Guyuria are traditional

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cookies. They are also known as Chamorro jawbreaker cookies due to their historically rock-hard texture. Guyuria was originally made with flour, coconut milk, and a sugar glaze. The

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is first made as one solid mass. Small pieces of dough are pinched off. Each piece is rolled out on a wooden guyuria board or on the back of a fork. Once enough cookies are formed, a batch is fried, cooled, and finally coated with a sugar glaze. The glaze is then allowed to dry on the cookies. Some recipes include

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in the dough mixture. This results in a slightly softer cookie. Other guyuria dough recipes include sugar,

baking powder Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The base and acid are prevented from reacting prematurely by the inclusion of a buffer such as cornstarch. Baking powder is used to increas ...

, and eggs. Guyuria recipes with baking powder and eggs, however, lead to cookies that are too inflated and soft.

References

*Topping, D., Ogo, P., Dungca, B (1969). Chamorro English Dictionary. *Lepblon Fina'tinas Para Guam (Guam cookbook)(1977). Inetnon Famalaon. *Lepblon Fina'tinas Para Guam (Guam cookbook)(Revised Edition 1988). Inetnon Famalaon. *Quinene, P (2006). A Taste of Guam. Chamorro cuisine Guamanian desserts Cookies {{Guam-stub