Filipino Chiffon Cupcakes Recipe

A fellow Filipino foodie blogger of ours featured a Filipino recipe that is truly flavorful and yummy. This Filipino mamon - sponge cake recipe is originally shared and posted by Sanna Velasco at her own blog, womanscribbles.net.

This is a must try recipe for Filipinos here in the Philippines and abroad. This is a good Filipino treat for snack, breakfast and merienda. You might consider this one as a dessert as well. So without further ado, here's the easy to follow and step by step Filipino mamon recipe.

Pandesal (Pan De Sal) Filipino Recipe

Pandesal is the most popular form or variety of bread in the Philippines. Pandesal is often served or eaten during breakfast but still perfect for merienda. Pandesal is best eaten with filling (coco jam, peanut butter or anything you want) and best served after cooking or while its hot.

If filling is not available, the perfect match for Pandesal is coffee. Just dip Pandesal to the hot coffee and there you go, a perfect breakfast for you.

Pandesal (Pan De Sal) Ingredients:

* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 2 cups bread flour
* ½ cup white sugar
* 5 tbsp butter, melted
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1¼ cup fresh milk, warm
* 1 pouch rapid rise yeast
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 cup bread crumbs
* 1 piece raw egg
* 1 tbsp cooking oil

How To Make Pandesal (Pan De Sal):

1). Combine the yeast, sugar, and warm milk and stir until the yeast and sugar are fully dissolved.

2). In the mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients starting with the flour then the sugar, salt, and baking powder . Mix well by stirring

3). Add the egg, butter, cooking oil, and yeast-sugar-milk mixture in the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients then mix again until a dough is formed. Use your clean hands to effectively mix the ingredients.

4). In a flat surface, knead the dough until the texture becomes fine.

5). Mold the dough until shape becomes round then put back in the mixing bowl. Cover the mixing bowl with damp cloth and let the dough rise for at least 1 hour

6). Put the dough back to the flat surface and divide into 4 equal parts using a dough slicer

7). Roll each part until it forms a cylindrical shape

8). Slice the cylindrical dough diagonally (These slices will be the individual pieces of the pandesal)

9). Roll the sliced dough over the breadcrumbs and place in a baking tray with wax paper (makes sure to provide gaps between doughs as this will rise later on)

10). Leave the sliced dough with breadcrumbs in the tray for another 10 to 15 minutes to rise

11). Pre heat the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes

12). Put the tray with dough in the oven and bake for 15 minutes

13). Turn off the oven and remove the freshly baked pandesal.

Serve it while still hot with your favorite coffee mix. Enjoy!

Pandesal Recipe Credits:  Filipino Food Bread of Salt - Pandesal Recipe via PanlasangPinoy.Com

Pan De Sal Image By Shubert Ciencia ~MVI~ (running away from parties) shared via Flickr under a Creative Commons license.

Piaya

Piaya is a flat unleavened bread filled with mozcovado (raw) sugar. Piaya is an original bread recipe and one of the main product of the Negros province, sugar capital of the Philippines.

The bread of Piaya is flaky like the Chinese hopia and have a sweet filling. The dough is prepared then formed into small balls. The filling of mozcovado sugar is spooned at the center of each ball then the ball is re-shaped.

 

The Piaya I LOVE! Image By  Mark Segador Of http://iloiloilove.com/

Piaya Ingredients:

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 10 tbsps. oil
* 1/2 cup muscovado sugar
* 4 tbps. water
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 8 tbsps oil
* 7 tbsps water
* 1/2 cup sesame seeds

How To Make Piaya:

1). In a bowl, combine half of the flour and half of the oil; mix well.

2). Divide into 20 portions shape in balls. Set aside.

3). Add some water to the muscovado sugar to make it moist. Divide into 20 portions. Set aside.

4). Mix the remaining flour, oil and some water. Knead to a cylinder and divide into 20 portions.

5). Flatten each portion and top with the flour and oil mixture. Roll out and stuff with muscovado filling. Close the edges.

6). Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

7). Bake in a preheated oven in medium heat or grill until brown on the outside.

Note: Image may vary from the actual recipe. Image is owned by Mark Segador Of http://iloiloilove.com/