Tag: merienda

Pandesal Filipino Bread Recipe

Pandesal or pan de sal, is a common bread roll in the Philippines. It is made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar and salt. Pandesal is the most popular bread in the Philippines a golden, crumb-coated exterior, slightly sweet taste, and soft, fluffy texture bread. It’s often consumed for breakfast with coffee or hot chocolate and people prefer it warm .


Pandesal or pan de sal, is a common bread roll in the Philippines. It is made of flour, eggs, yeast, sugar and salt. Pandesal is the most popular bread in the Philippines a golden, crumb-coated exterior, slightly sweet taste, and soft, fluffy texture bread. It’s often consumed for breakfast with coffee or hot chocolate and people prefer it warm .

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Casava Cake – Easy Filipino Recipe

Cassava cake is made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top. It is a very popular dish in the Philippines, where it is commonly eaten for merienda. It is also served during gatherings and special occasions.

Cassava was one of the crops imported from Latin America through the Manila galleons from at least the 16th century. Cassava cake is a type of bibingka (traditional baked cakes), having its origins from adopting native recipes but using cassava instead of the traditional galapong (ground glutinous rice) batter. It is also known more rarely as cassava bibingka or bibingkang kamoteng kahoy, although the English name is more commonly used.

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Pan de Coco Pinoy Recipe

Soft and fluffy Coconut Bread filled with sweetened coconut filling.

Pan de coco, literally “coconut bread” in Spanish, is a rich sweet roll that uses sweetened shredded coconut meat as filling. It is a popular snack bread in the Philippines.

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Kutsinta/Cuchinta Recipe

Puto cuchinta or kutsinta or brown rice cake is a type of steamed rice cake found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or annatto extract, and steamed in small ramekins.

Puto cuchinta or kutsinta or brown rice cake is a type of steamed rice cake found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or annatto extract, and steamed in small ramekins.

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Easy Puto Cheese Recipe

The classic puto is made with rice flour but this easy puto version is one you can make at home: you can use all-purpose flour and topped with cheddar cheese or salted egg.

Puto are Filipino steamed rice cakes, traditionally made from  fermented rice dough. It is eaten as is or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury dishes like dinuguan (pork blood stew) or pancit. The classic puto is made with rice flour but this easy puto version is one you can make at home: you can use all-purpose flour instead of rice and topped with cheddar cheese or salted egg. 

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Ensaymada Buns Soft and Moist Recipe

The favorite Filipino snack ensaymada, I remember when we were little and my mother would bake this sweet pastry that’s baked golden then coated with buttercream frosting and topped with lots of grated cheese, one piece will never be enough.

The favorite Filipino snack ensaymada, I remember when we were little and my mother would bake this sweet pastry that’s baked golden then coated with buttercream frosting and topped with lots of grated cheese, one piece will never be enough.

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