Sweet tamales, pineapple and strawberry
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- 6 cups milk
- 1 tsp finely crushed cinnamon
Heat the milk with the crushed cinnamon over medium-high heat about six minutes, until almost simmering.
Sweet strawberry and pineapple tamales
- 1½ cups butter flavor shortening
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- ¼ cup sugar
Beat the shortening, condensed milk and sugar in a stand mixer on medium-high for five minutes.
- 1 tbsp Mexican vanilla blend
- 5 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Reduce to low and add the vanilla blend, baking powder and salt, mixing to incorporate.
- 6 cups maseca for tamal
Add the maseca and the hot milk alternately, one cup at a time, until all six cups of each are in.
Adding the masa harina and milk
- 1 cup pineapple preserves
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
Divide the masa in half. To one half add the pineapple preserves and crushed pineapple and mix five minutes, then remove from the bowl.
- 1 cup strawberry pie filling
Return the second half to the bowl, add the strawberry pie filling and mix five minutes.
- raisins
Stir raisins into the strawberry masa and coconut flakes into the pineapple masa, both optional.
- coconut flakes
- pre-soaked corn husk
Spread about two spoonfuls of masa onto the smooth side of a pre-soaked corn husk, fold and close. Repeat until the masa is used up.
Arrange the tamales in a steamer pot to fit, cover with extra corn husk and a kitchen towel, lid on.