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A pestiño is a Christmas or Holy Week pastry that is popular in Andalusia and other regions of southern Spain. It is a piece of dough, deep-fried in olive oil and glazed with honey or cinnamon sugar.

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Pestiños
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Tray of pestiños
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Borrachuelos
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Spain
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Andalusia
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Doughnut
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Dough, sesame, olive oil, honey or sugar

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A pestiño is a Christmas or Holy Week pastry that is popular in Andalusia and other regions of southern Spain. It is a piece of dough, deep-fried in olive oil and glazed with honey or cinnamon sugar.

== History == The prestiño dates back at least to the 16th century, being mentioned in the book La Lozana Andaluza, which was written in 1528.

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