Tamales de Dulce

Name: Tamales de Dulce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500g masa harina; 300g butter, softened; 300ml warm milk; 150g sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 100g raisins; 80g desiccated coconut; pink food colouring a few drops; 16 corn husks, soaked

Sweet pink tamales with raisins and coconut — a beloved Mexican dessert eaten at Christmas. Beating the butter until genuinely fluffy before mixing it into the masa gives these tamales their light, airy texture.

Total time

105 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

500gmasa harina

300gbutter, softened

300mlwarm milk

150gsugar

1 tspbaking powder

100graisins

80gdesiccated coconut

pink food colouringa few drops

16corn husks, soaked

Instructions

Beat butter until fluffy.

Mix masa harina, sugar and baking powder.

Add warm milk and butter to masa.

Add pink food colouring, mix until uniformly pink.

Spread on softened corn husks.

Add raisins and coconut.

Fold, seal and steam 1 hour. Serve as dessert.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1390

Protein

16.4g

Fat

81g

Carbs

161g

Fiber

12.2g

Sodium

174mg

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