Roscones
This is a traditional Colombian sweet bread shaped like a doughnut and filled with guava paste (bocadillo). Guava paste is the traditional filling, but I have tasted very good versions with dulce de leche or chocolate.
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- Serves: 5 persons
Ingredients
- 1cup whole milk
- 1large egg
- 3tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3cups all-purpose flour
- 3tablespoons white sugar
- 1tablespoon icing sugar
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2½ teaspoons instant yeast
- ½cup guava paste, or to taste
- 2large eggs, beaten
- ½cup coarse granulated sugar, or as needed
Instructions
Step 1
Heat milk in the microwave or on the stovetop to 110 degrees F (43 degrees C).Step 2
Place warm milk, egg, butter, flour, white sugar, icing sugar, salt, and yeast in a bread machine in the order listed. Run Dough cycle. Remove dough from the machine after the cycle is done, about 90 minutes.Step 3
Divide the dough into 4 or 5 equal parts depending on the size of the roscones you want to make. Take one piece of dough and roll it into a roll about 1/2 inch wide. Repeat with remaining dough. Flatten the rolls and fill evenly with guava paste.Step 4
Roll the dough once again so the filling is in the middle and not seen from the outside. Take both ends and paste them together, forming a circle with a hole in the middle (like a doughnut). Place in an oiled baking pan, leaving room to grow. With a sharp, non-serrated knife, make some slits on the top just deep enough that you can see a bit of the filling.Step 5
Once all your roscones are done, cover and let rest until doubled in size, about 1 hour.Step 6
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).Step 7
Brush beaten eggs over each roscone and sprinkle coarse sugar on top.Step 8
Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack before serving.