Santa Cruz·Specialty Product·Arrowroot flour, sugar, lard

🧺Uraró Cookies (Rejano's Bakery)

Name: Uraró Cookies (Rejano's Bakery)
Address: Rejano's Bakery: Bonifacio Street, Brgy. Banahaw, Sta. Cruz, Marinduque, Santa Cruz, Marinduque, PH
Telephone: +63-939-922-839

Boac / Torrijos, Santa Cruz, Marinduque

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About this place

In Barangay Banahaw, Santa Cruz, Rejano's Bakery has been making bread, cookies, and sweets for over 70 years — a multi-generational pasalubong institution that gave Marinduque one of its most beloved sweets, uraró (arrowroot) cookies. For travelers wanting to bring home something genuinely Marinduque, this is the bakery that anchored the whole tradition.

The Backstory

Rejano's Bakery wasn't always Rejano's. Originally Castillo Bakery, owned by Timoteo Castillo, the operation was inherited by Crisostomo Rejano — Castillo's adopted son — in 1946 and renamed from there. The bakery has been a Marinduque fixture ever since.

The uraró (arrowroot) cookies that became the bakery's signature product were introduced by Belen, Crisostomo's wife — and originally only as treats for friends and relatives during birthdays or weddings. The product proved popular enough to become the bakery's calling card.

What's in the Cookie

Uraró cookies are made with arrowroot starch (uraró) — a root crop processed into a fine starch that produces an unmistakably light, melt-in-your-mouth texture. The cookies are:

- Light and crumbly — the arrowroot signature - Mildly sweet — pasalubong-friendly, not cloying - Long shelf-life — travels well

They've also adapted with the times. Rejano's now offers gluten-free and sugar-free products, expanding the product line beyond the original recipe.

The Local Impact

A worth-knowing detail: buying Rejano's products helps the farmers of Marinduque who supply the arrowroot. The pasalubong purchase is also a vote for the local agricultural economy.

Hours and Visiting

- Monday – Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Sunday: Closed

Contact

- Phone: +63 2 8647 0350 - Website: rejanos-bakery-arrowroot-cookies.weeblysite.com - Facebook: Rejano's Bakery

Where to Find It

The bakery is on Barangay Banahaw, Santa Cruz, Marinduque 4902 — easily accessible from the Sta Cruz Poblacion. Travelers wanting to do a pasalubong run on their way out of the province can fit a stop here into a Sta Cruz-to-Boac-to-Balanacan-Port itinerary.

For visitors not making it to Banahaw in person, the cookies are widely sold at other pasalubong shops across Marinduque — though the bakery itself is the source-of-truth experience.

Why It Matters

In a Marinduque pasalubong scene full of bibingkang lalaki, vacuum-fried dilis, and adobong kabayo, Rejano's uraró cookies hold a place of honor — the multi-generational, family-run institution that turned a homemade celebration treat into the province's most-recognizable pasalubong export. For travelers wanting to bring home one definitive piece of Marinduque, this is it.

Best Time to Visit

Year-round. Best to buy near the end of your trip so the freshness lasts when you get home.

What to Bring

Cash for purchase, an extra tin or container — the cookies are delicate and crumble in soft bags. Bring more bags than you think you need because once you taste them, you'll want to bring them home as gifts and won't have packed enough.

How to Get Here

Rejano's Bakery's Uraró Cookies are a Marinduque pasalubong staple, sold at Boac and Torrijos pasalubong shops, at the Sta Cruz Public Market, and direct from Rejano's Bakery (the established maker).

Local routes, fares, and ferry schedules can shift without notice — and travel times depend on weather, traffic, and tide. Confirm fares and timing with the driver or locals before you set out.

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