Conchas

Name: Conchas
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: Dough: 500g bread flour, 100g sugar, 2 eggs, 200ml milk, 7g yeast, 80g butter; Topping: 100g flour, 100g icing sugar, 80g butter or vegetable shortening; Cocoa or cinnamon, to flavour some of the topping; Vanilla

Conchas/KON-chahs/

Also known as: Concha, Mexican Sweet Bread, Pan Dulce Conchas

About this dish

Soft, sweet Mexican bread rolls topped with a crunchy sugar crust scored in a shell pattern.

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Ingredients

🌾Dough: 500g bread flour, 100g sugar, 2 eggs, 200ml milk, 7g yeast, 80g butter

🧈Topping: 100g flour, 100g icing sugar, 80g butter or vegetable shortening

🍫Cocoa or cinnamon, to flavour some of the topping

🌼Vanilla

Method

Serves 2

Knead the dough until soft and elastic and let it rise until doubled.

Mix the topping into a smooth paste, colouring half with cocoa if you like.

Shape the dough into balls on a tray.

Press a thin disc of topping onto each bun and score it in a shell pattern.

Rise for 1 hour, then bake at 180°C (350°F) for 18–20 minutes.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Conchas ('shells') are the most popular pan dulce in Mexican bakeries, eaten with coffee or hot chocolate.

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