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Prep Time: 6 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Masa Harina may be found in the specialty foods section of the grocery store. Ingredients:
1/2 cup masa harina |
5 cups milk |
4 tablespoons brown sugar |
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick, finely slivered |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Put the Masa Harina in a bowl and whisk in the milk, little by little.
2. Pour the milk mixture into a pot and add the brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to keep it from becoming lumpy.
4. Stir in the vanilla extract. Serve in mugs.
5. Variations:.
6. Pineapple Atole.
7. Follow the basic recipe, but omit the cinnamon. After the mixture has thickened and has been removed from the heat, add 1 small can crushed pineapple, undrained.
8. Strawberry Atole.
9. Follow the basic recipe, but omit the cinnamon. After the mixture has thickened and has been removed from the heat, add 2 cups fresh strawberries that have been hulled, washed and crushed.
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