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Recipe Lab Draft #1: Mexican Sweet Tamales Recipe
11 ingredients
About 35 tamales
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This is draft one for the CHOW Recipe Lab. Try it! Post your comments to this thread.While many Americans are familiar with savory tamales, the sweet ones are...
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
968
Calories
21g
Protein
36g
Fat
147g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pine | 1 oz (28g) | 191 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 35 corn husks
- 1 1/2 cups golden raisins
- 4 1/2 cups Maseca (Instant Corn Masa Flour)
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons aniseseeds
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 3/4 cups water, at room temperature
- 3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup toasted pine nuts
Directions
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By chow ·
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