Dessert for 6

Mexican Mantecadas

Name: Mexican Mantecadas
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 100 g sugar; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 tsp vanilla or orange essence; 1 tsp orange zest (optional); 125 g all purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp instant yeast; 1 pinch salt

These small Mexican cakes mix eggs, milk, oil, and flour before baking in a muffin pan until lightly browned.

Typical price

$1.37for 4 servings

$0.34 per serving$1.37 for 4

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Photo: mexicoinmykitchen.com

30 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
6servings as written
$typical cost tier

Mexican Vegetarian Budget Desserts

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Eggs$0.30 each typical	2	$0.60Typical price
Milk$0.04/oz typical	4.25 oz	$0.17Typical price
Oranges$1.49/lb typical	a little	$0.01Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$2.06

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarOlive and cooking oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourBaking powder and soda

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

2 large eggs
100 g sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla or orange essence
1 tsp orange zest (optional)
125 g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp instant yeast
1 pinch salt

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a six-cup muffin pan with cooking oil.
Beat the eggs and sugar for 2 minutes, then mix in the milk, oil, vanilla, and orange zest.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, yeast, and salt into the wet mixture until just combined.
Divide the batter among the muffin cups and rest it for 3 minutes.
Bake for 18 minutes, until the tops are lightly browned and firm.