Rosquillos

Rosquillos are cookies that originated from the Municipality of Liloan, Cebu. The cookies are circular in shape with flower-like edges and a ring-shaped hole in the center. It is a snack unique to Cebu and is a favorite snack of locals and expatriate Cebuanos in the United States. The late Philippine president Sergio Osmeña Sr. reputedly gave the name of rosquillos from the Spanish word rosca, meaning ringlet.

Margarita ���Titay��� T. Frasco created the rosquillos in 1907 in the town of Liloan. She later founded Titay���s Liloan Rosquillos and Delicacies Inc., the pioneer and premier company producing delicious and fine-quality rosquillos in Cebu. Descendants of her family presently run the company, which now produces other native snacks. Titay���s Rosquillos supplies and delivers its products to supermarkets in Cebu City and has several retail outlets in the city.

The packaging of the rosquillos states that the cookies are made of flour, eggs, shortening, sugar and baking powder, with no preservatives and artificial colorings. However, descendants of the Frasco family claim that the recipe for the rosquillos is a patented family recipe passed on to succeeding generations of the family.

Rosquillos are cookies circular in shape with flower-like edges and has a hole in the middle. Golden brown and sweet, this has been loved by Cebuanos specially in the municipality of Lilo-an where it originated. It was Margarita ���Titay��� Frasco who baked the first rosquillos back in 1907. Yup, you guessed it right, she founded Titay���s Rosquillos in Lilo-an. Though you might find other brands of rosquillos around the city, some would still prefer the original taste of Titay���s Rosquillos. Where to Buy Rosquillos? It is available at grocery stores and pasalubong centers around Cebu. And if you want to buy in bulk or visit the birthplace of the famous cookie, visit them at Poblacion Lilo-an (contact number: 32-5642993/4248888.)