Desserts and Sweets
Extremaduran desserts and sweets are mostly prepared using the local wheat flour, honey, pork fat, milk, sugar and olive oil. The most well-known are the buñuelos, magdalenas (anise-parfumed muffins), perrunillas, galletas, rosquillas de vino, roscas fritas (fried doughnuts), coquillos de miel, hijuelas, gachas extremeñas, bollos fritos (fried buns), floretas, socochones hurdanos and the jeringas.
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