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How I Finally Nailed the Mantecadas Recipe — Traditional & Simple

How I Finally Nailed the Mantecadas Recipe — Traditional & Simple
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Total
30 min
Serves
6
Calories
298 kcal
Carbs
39.00 g

Ingredients

  • 2 largeeggs
  • 125 gramssugar (½ cup + 1 tbs*)
  • ½ cupmilk
  • ½ cupvegetable oil
  • 1 tspvanilla or orange essence**
  • 1 tsporange zest (optional)
  • 125 gramsAll Purpose flour (1 cup minus 1 tbs)
  • 1 tspbaking powder
  • 1 tspinstant yeast
  • 1 pinchsalt

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400F. Place muffin paper liners in muffin pan.

  2. 2

    Sift together flour, baking powder and yeast in one medium size bowl, and set aside. Place egg and sugar in a large bowl and whisk until sugar has dissolved.

  3. 3

    Add milk and the flavoring of your choice (vanilla, orange essence plus orange zest) and mix.

  4. 4

    Incorporate the oil in a gentle stream and whisk again to form a homogenous mixture.

  5. 5

    Slowly stir in the dry ingredients plus the pinch of salt, mixing gently until you have a very uniform batter. Do not over mix. Let the batter rest for 15 minutes.

  6. 6

    With the help of a pitcher or a ladle, pour the batter into the already prepared muffin pan. Fill it up just a little bit below the edge.

  7. 7

    Carefully place in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for about 5 minutes on a cooling rack. They keep well for 2 to 3 days when stored in an airtight container.