Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite Desserts by Esteban Castillo

  • Corn tortillas (Tortillas de maíz) (page 23)

    from Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite Desserts Chicano Bakes by Esteban Castillo

    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Mexican; Vegan
    • Ingredients: masa harina
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  • Mexican pink cake (Cortadillo)

    • abrownb1 on March 28, 2024

      Very good basic vanilla cake. The recipe didn't specify room temp for the eggs and dairy but I did so since the butter was room temp. I also used whole milk cultured buttermilk that was pretty thick and still worked well. The cake was still fresh tasting 4 days later stored at room temp. Everyone loved it!

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      Good “standard” birthday cake, extremely nostalgic and sweet. Add sprinkles for funfetti

  • The Chicano Eats chocolate chip cookie

    • Kinhawaii on July 25, 2023

      Nice but I miss nuts, others enjoyed it though. I had lots of chips but if I made these again I would definitely use cut chocolate chunks & stick some on the outside before baking as suggested. Mine took longer to bake after I refrigerated them for 2 days & looked too raw just cooking them for 8-9 minutes. I wasn’t sure whether I could use the chocolate that is sold for drinks at the market, as the chocolate that is grated into the dough, but found some Taza chocolate with cinnamon & so used that. It was easy to grate but I ended up using the food processor.

  • Chicano Eats birthday cake

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      Delicious icing

  • Picaditas

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      Have made salsa several times with adjustments. Let tomatoes broil for longer than green onions

  • Sweet pecan loaf (Panque de nuez)

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      DELICIOUS. One of the super rich pound cakes that tastes better the next day after the flavour shave melded somewhat

  • Corn tortillas (Tortillas de maíz)

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      Make sure to keep adding the hot water until fully incorporated and almost “spongey,” even if it appears already hydrated. This helps keep the tortillas from drying out/cracking during the cooking process

  • Flour tortillas (Tortillas de harina)

    • bwilcox on July 28, 2023

      Recipe works fine with vegetable shortening

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  • ISBN 10 0063140519
  • ISBN 13 9780063140516
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  • Published Nov 01 2022
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 224
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Harper Design

Publishers Text

In this companion cookbook to Chicano Eats, the blogger, and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People’s Choice Award shows off the sweet and dreamy side of Chicano cuisine in 80 recipes for irresistible desserts, cakes, tamales, pan dulce and drinks.

With Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican American Kitchen, Esteban Castillo offered his readers a look into his life, family, and culture. For Esteban, sharing stories and recipes from his childhood was a cathartic experience, and seeing so many people make and enjoy the foods that meant so much to him growing up was a dream come true.

Now, this rising food star mines his culinary roots once more. Chicano Bakes features many of the mouthwatering delights Esteban enjoyed throughout his childhood, from Pan Dulce Mexicano (Mexican Sweet Bread), Postres (Desserts), and Pasteles (Cakes) to Antojitos (Bites) and Bebidas (Drinks).

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