Pan Dulce Chilindrina Bread

Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
Pan dulce chilindrina bread. Add shortening egg and hot water. Stir together 1 cup of the flour the yeast salt sugar and powdered milk. This recipe for a basic pan dulce results in buns perfect for a sweet snack or light dessert. In oaxaca it s used to thicken a type of stew called manchamanteles.
It is a pan de huevo or brioche type of bread flavored with anise and or orange blossom waters then dusted with granulated sugar. Sweet bread is the name for a variety of mexican pastries. This pastry is a three bite cheesecake with a more buttery crust and with a satisfying soft creamy center usually made with fresh cheese not cream cheese. Make the topping while the dough rises.
In a medium bowl beat 2 3 cup sugar and 1 2 cup butter until light and fluffy. Pan dulce translates as sweet bread and in mexico you can find hundreds of variations to satisfy nearly any taste preference from flavors like vanilla chocolate or cinnamon to fillings like cream fruit or nuts. Stir in the flour until the mixture is the consistency of thick paste. Spanish for sweet bread pan dulce is the marriage of european craft and mexican ingenuity.
Known as bread of the dead and baked for special occasions especially dia de los muertos this is a sweet roll that s been scored in a cross shape or affixed with extra pieces. Sweet bread literally translates to pan dulce in spanish. This concha bread is a soft enriched dough that has a lovely buttery and sweet flavor. Known as bread of the dead is usually seasonal and made for dia de los muertos celebrations.
They taste best the day you bake them but you can tightly wrap and freeze any. Similar to a concha in its shape size and dough this bread has a lumpy sugar crust. Make it at home using this recipe. Pan de muerto bread of the dead.
Let s talk about mexican conchas which are also known as pan dulce. Superior to the donut come at me cheaper and more versatile than cookies.