Traditional Mexican Conchas

Alejandra Cota
Traditional Mexican conchas are everyone’s favorite pan dulce and one of the most popular too. Their iconic crust made with icing sugar, vegetable shortening, wheat flour, vanilla essence, and cocoa, as well as their unique design have made them famous not only in Mexican bakeries but all around the world. Best enjoyed with milk, either warm or cold, traditional Mexican conchas are a delicious treat you cannot miss!
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Ingredients
15
Portions
  • 2 tablespoons cow's milk, warm
  • 1 tablespoon dry yeast
  • 4 cups wheat flour
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tablespoons vanilla essence
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 90 grams butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup vegetable shortening, for the crust, 4.4 oz
  • 1 cup icing sugar, for the crust, 4.4 oz
  • 1 cup wheat flour, for the crust, 4.4 oz
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa, for the crust
Preparation
1h
15 mins
Easy
  • Preheat oven to 356 ºF.
  • Hydrate dry yeast in milk. Let sit for 10 minutes.
  • In a mixer, combine flour, sugar, salt, milk, hydrated yeast, eggs, and vanilla essence. Mix to a homogeneous dough.
  • Add butter and mix until perfectly incorporated.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rest for 2 hours or until it doubles its volume.
  • For the crust dough: In a mixer, combine icing sugar and vegetable shortening and mix until perfectly incorporated.
  • Divide dough in half. Add cocoa to one half and vanilla essence to the other half. Cover and set aside.
  • On a flat surface, weigh 2.8-ounces dough balls and place them on a greased and floured baking sheet. Flatten the dough balls with your hand.
  • Make small balls of about 0.5 ounces using dough crust. Using a rolling pin flatten them to the size of a concha.
  • Cover conchas with crust. Slightly press a concha cutter to shape the crust.
  • Let rise until conchas double their size and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool, and serve traditional Mexican conchas.

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