Biscuits

Olive oil biscuits from Beira Baixa. All the villages and villages of the county know and make olive oil biscuits, suitable for all festive occasions.
The shape of these biscuits is a bit different from the others. They are cut biscuits. They are not very sweet, but they are delicious and crunchy. They are ideal to accompany a tea, a coffee or to eat with pumpkin jam and nuts, or to eat with Serra cheese.

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