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Tamales, Sweet




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients





* Tamale Dough:
* 2 cups masa harina
* 1 1/2 C warm juice (use the juice to plump raisins)
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup lard
* 1 (8 ounce) package dried corn husks

*Filling:
*4 apples ,chopped coarsely
*2/3 C raisins, plumped in warm juice
*6 T brown sugar
*1/4 tsp cinnamon









Recipe



Soak the corn husks in a bowl of warm water for 1 hour. In a large bowl, beat the lard with a tablespoon of the broth until light fluffy. Combine the masa harina flour, baking powder and salt; stir into the lard mixture, add warmed juice (or water), gradually and mix until mixture holds together.
Spread the dough out over the corn husks to 1/4 inch thickness, leaving margin to tie corn husks. Place 1 heaping tablespoons of the filling into the center. Fold the right side of the husks in and roll tamale. place on a rack, in a steamer. Steam for 40 mniutes.