Pan De Coco

Pan De Coco

I love Filipino bread, and Pan de Coco is one of them; It's very popular in the Philippines and as Filipino's it's one bread that you crave sometimes. Leaving the country doesn't mean that you left all those good stuff that you used to eat. So, in my personal experience, I become so resourceful and tried many recipes. Eventually, I finally got it right. This is what we call... when craving strike!!

 Ingredients: ( Dough)
4-5 cups of flour
1 pack yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 1/4 cup milk
  


  Directions:
1) Mix the flour and yeast in bowl. Set aside;
2) Heat and stir the milk,sugar, butter and salt  just until warm and butter almost melts.
3) Add to the dry ingredient, along with the eggs, mix it well. 
4) Knead the dough in clean surface. Put it bowl and let it rise for 1-2 hours.

Filling
Sherred coconut
Brown sugar
For best result- mix the coconut and sugar overnight.

The next thing you need to do are;
1.) Slice the dough into small ball. Then using the rolling pin roll the dough as thin as you can.
2.) Put the filling on the center and sealed the dough.
3.) Put the dough into greased baking dish and let it rise for 1 more hour. Just like on the picture.
4.) Brush egg wash on the top before baking. 325 degrees 10-12 minutes; until they're golden brown.

 Pan de Coco fresh from the oven. You can't help yourself but to grab this munchies even when it HOT!, pretty sure it's more delicious with hot chocolate in the morning watching your favorite show. This is very fulfilling, my friends liked it and so do I.The most FUN part is when you're having fun while doing it. It's good when you just eat, talk, laugh and eat some more!! To my friends who helped make this bread, Thank you!

Cassava Cake

Cassava Cake Recipe

  
Making cassava cake for the first time? Worry no more! I got the simplest recipe for you. I'm craving for this delicious Filipino delicacy from time to time, So, I tried many recipes but this one really fit my taste-bud. I minimize the ingredients down to 5 and still have the tasty quality of traditional cassava cake,  just like HOME! 

5 Ingredients ONLY!

1 pack frozen grated cassava (thawed)

1/2 cup sugar

1 can coconut milk

1 can condensed milk

2 eggs 

That's it!!! and your half way enjoying this scrumptious dessert.

 Directions:

 1)Just mix all five ingredients in large bowl.

2.) Pour the mixtures into greased baking dish. I used 13x9 inches.

3) Bake it for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

4) Broil it for 1-2 minutes, depending how brown you want it to be. :)

This cassava cake is a HIT!. This is a perfect potluck party dish, very easy to make and I'll promise you; It's perfect every time. I love making this kind of dessert, Its very simple and scrumptious, I can't get enough of this! 

It makes me happy knowing that, I can put smile on someone faces while they're eating it; that's smile remind them of PINAS..just like what I felt. Cheerrrs!

Ensaymada

Ensaymada

Hey! do you remember the last time you eat ensaymada?  I can't..! this is my ultimate favorite when I was growing up.So I decided to make homemade ensaymada, At first I was kinda hesitant making it, because it seems like so hard that I might not get it right.  I was RIGHT! the first time I made ensaymada  it turn out disaster.. BIG TIME!. I tried it 2 more times still not right.. So I decided to use the recipe in making dinner rolls and It work out GREAT! 

Dough:
Ingredients:4-5 cups of flour
2 1/4 teaspoon yeast

1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 1/4 cup milk

 Directions:
1) Mix the flour and yeast in bowl. Set aside;
2) Heat and stir the milk,sugar, butter and salt  just until warm and butter almost melts.
3) Add to the dry ingredient, along with the eggs, mix it well. 
4) Knead the dough in clean surface. Put it bowl and let it rise for 1-2 hours.

5) Cut the dough into long strips, roll it using rolling pin and roll it like cigar. Form into like ensaymada just like the picture on the top
 6) Let it stand for 1 hour or so...at room temperature and then bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. 
7) Let it cool before for 30 minutes and then spread some butter on top and sprinkle it with white sugar.
8) Serve it anytime of the day!  

This so yummy!! just like how I remember eating it when I was a kid. I was just so excited how it turn out this time. So I put butter right after I pulled it in the oven hahaha! I can't just wait.. so my kids! You bet they just like diving into it, specially with sugar on top.. ummhhh..as my kids screams YUMMO!