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Food/Recipe
Conchas
Prep30 mins
Cook20 mins
Total50 mins
🌍 Mexican🍽️ Dessert👥 12 conchas
Ingredients
- 🌾 All-purpose flour – 4 cups
- 🍚 Granulated sugar – 1 cup
- 🪺 Eggs – 2 large
- 🧈 Unsalted butter – 1 cup
- 酵 Yeast – 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 🥛 Milk – 1/2 cup
- 🧂 Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
- ✨ Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
- 🎨 Food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- ♨️ In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk.
- 🥣 Combine flour, sugar, salt, and softened butter. Add yeast mixture, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well.
- ⏳ Knead dough until smooth and elastic. Let it rise for 1-2 hours.
- 🌈 Divide dough and create sugar topping with flour, sugar, and shortening. Add optional food coloring.
- 🍪 Shape dough into buns, score tops with a shell pattern, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.