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Freshly baked mantecadas served with café con leche on a rustic wooden table
Alyssa

Mantecadas Recipe

Mantecadas - Sweet bread that is perfect with café con leche. Fluffy and absolutely delightful.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories: 298
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large eggs
  • 125 grams sugar (½ cup + 1 tbsp)
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla or orange essence
  • 1 tsp orange zest (optional)
  • 125 grams All Purpose flour (1 cup minus 1 tbsp)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp instant yeast
  • 1 pinch salt

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400F. Place muffin paper liners in muffin pan.
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder and yeast in a medium size bowl, and set aside.
  3. Place egg and sugar in a large bowl and whisk until sugar has dissolved.
  4. Add milk and the flavoring of your choice and mix.
  5. Incorporate the oil in a gentle stream and whisk again to form a homogenous mixture.
  6. Slowly stir in the dry ingredients plus the pinch of salt, mixing gently until you have a uniform batter. Let batter rest for 15 minutes.
  7. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling just below the edge.
  8. Bake for 20 minutes and cool for 5 minutes on a cooling rack.

Notes

Store in an airtight container for 2 to 3 days.