Mexican dessert recipes for cooking mexican coffee bread or patas, a delectable mexican dessert as well as other mexican recipes for desserts, dinners and spicy foods. The coffee bread is originally thought to have come from Finland. This recipe uses influences from France and is light and wonderful.

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Mexican Coffee Bread or Patas - Easy Mexican Recipe For Mexican Dessert

  • 3 packages dry yeast (7g each)
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 750g all-purpose plain flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 5 eggs (separated)
  • 375g butter (room temperature)
  • sugar for sprinkling

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How to Make Mexican Coffee Bread or Patas:

  • Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water or follow package instructions
  • Place 2 cups of flour in bowl and make a well in middle
  • Put 1 egg and 1 tbsp sugar in well, then add dissolved yeast
  • Use tips of fingers to combine ingredients thoroughly
  • Knead mixture on floured board for 10 to 15 mins
  • Dough is ready when you start hearing little bubbles popping
  • TIP: Place egg whites in bowl, moisten fingers in egg whites whenever dough feels dry
  • Form dough into a ball, make a cross on top surface with knife
  • Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover and let stand in warm place for 1 hour or when dough begins to rise
  • Place remaining 4 cups of flour in large bowl, make a well and add remaining 3 eggs, egg yolks and sugar
  • Using tip of fingers, mix 1/2 ingredients in well with the flour
  • add the dough that has been rising and knead all the ingredients together to form a smooth dough
  • Moisten hands with egg whites whenever necessary and lightly grease dough with butter whenever it begins to stick
  • Knead for 30 mins or till dough produces small bubbles
  • Roll into a cylinder or baguette, cut into 12 slices
  • Grease dough slices with butter
  • Take one slice and with tip of fingers well greased, stretch it, working outward from the center to the edges tilli t measure 28 cm square (should be transparent)
  • Grease dough liberally with butter and cut into 3 strips
  • Wind one of these strips around a greased 2 cm cylinder (cannoli form)
  • Wind the 2nd strip around the 1st strip and finally the 3rd around first two (strips wind continuously e.g. roll of tape)
  • Slip this roll onto a greased baking sheet
  • Repeat till all slices are used
  • Leave 5 cm of space between rolls (so they don't stick!)
  • Place baking sheet in a warm place, cover dough, let rise for 3 hours
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Sprinkle 1 tbsp sugar on top of each roll
  • Bake for 25 to 30 mins or till rolls turn brown lightly
  • Remove from pan and let cool slightly
  • Serve warm with your favorite coffee
TIP: You do not have to follow the instructions on how to wrap the dough. You can use your imagination so long as the dough forms into a 'ball' or bun-shaped.

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