{"id":1665,"date":"2012-04-24T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2012-04-28T20:38:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T01:38:52","slug":"mexican-sweet-bread-conchas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=1665","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Sweet Bread ( Conchas )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never had these bread before , but i was in the mood of baking , looking through my books , i&#8217;ve done quite a bit for bread , and this time i need something different , something new , ones i haven&#8217;t tried yet . Although my husband insisted that he&#8217;s missing my parker house rolls , but i decided , trying to bake something new . I came across to Mexican Sweet Bread , i didn&#8217;t see these bread a lot back in Indiana , but i&#8217;ve seen these bread in most grocery stores down here in Texas .<\/p>\n<p>These breads actually isn&#8217;t hard to make , i just used mixer to mix the first half of the flour to hold up its shape and kneaded it manually . Didn&#8217;t take long to make , except for waiting them to rise , which is always the case in most bread recipes anyway . They&#8217;re incredibly soft , and the topping gives the sweet crunchy taste that the bread needed . It is also fun making this , because you can decorate to your preference .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1667\" title=\"conchas1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need : <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>2 1\/2 tsp. of dry yeast<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup of warm water<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup of evaporated milk<\/p>\n<p>3\/8 cup of sugar<\/p>\n<p>pinch of salt<\/p>\n<p>1 egg<\/p>\n<p>1\/3 cup of butter<\/p>\n<p>3-4 cups of flour<\/p>\n<p>These are the ingredients for the bread . Mix the yeast and water , stir well , let it sit for 5 minutes. Then add the evaporated milk , sugar , melted butter , and egg and pinch of salt . Use handheld mixer , mix this together then add about 2 cups of the flour , mix well . Add little at a time more flour until the dough isn&#8217;t too sticky , around the bowl , but you don&#8217;t want to add all the flour because it might be too much and your bread will be dry . Once it&#8217;s elastic enough , take it out from the bowl , adding more flour as needed on the counter , and knead the dough for 8 minutes . Then put it in a greased large bowl , and cover with plastic . in a warm place . It should double in size .<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the topping : <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>1\/2 cup of butter , softened<\/p>\n<p>2\/3 cup of sugar<\/p>\n<p>1 cup of flour<\/p>\n<p>2 tsp. vanilla<\/p>\n<p>In a medium bowl , beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy , and then add flour little at a time . The mixture should become pasty , set aside .<\/p>\n<p>After 1 hour , the bread dough should rise , and take it out from the bowl , and let it rest for 5 minutes before handling them . Then cut into 20 equal size balls , and place them in the parchment paper lined cookie sheet , and then divide the topping into 20 small balls , and flatten it out and place them on top of each ball , then flat the bread and topping lightly with your palm . Then using knife , cut the decorations on it . Do the same with the rest ,\u00a0 Bake at 375 F , about 15 minutes or so .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" title=\"conchas3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/conchas3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican Sweet bread is really easy to make , this bread is so yummy and so soft !! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-desserts","category-desserts-recipes","tag-bread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}