HomeRecipe Articles Links Forum Sign In Register Categories Search for Recipes Ethnic Main Dishes Soups & Stuff Baked Goods Fruits, grains & veggies On the Side Sweets & Desserts Snacks & Appetizers Holiday Foods Special Diets Miscellaneous Pizza Famous Recipes Free Newsletter Get the Chef's top picks right in your inbox! Your Email Subscribe Unsubscribe Ask The Chef Can't find the recipe your looking for? Have a cooking or food preperation question? No problem. Ask The Chef! Latest Recipes Top Recipes Our Friends Home -> Ethnic -> North & South America Sweet Tamales Recipe Rating: N/A Printer Friendly Recipe submitted by submitter Ingredients   (view qty in metric system instead) 1 pkg. (8 oz.) dried corn husks 1 cup lard or shortening, divided 2 1/2 cups masa harina flour, (mexican corn masa mix) 1 1/2 cups Yellow Corn Meal 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 cups water 1 can (14 oz.) Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup raisins 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Directions SORT corn husks, setting aside any torn ones. Soak intact husks in warm water for at least 1 hour or until softened and easy to fold. BEAT 2/3 cup lard in large bowl until creamy. Combine flour, corn meal, sugar, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Alternately add flour mixture, water and sweetened condensed milk to lard, mixing well after each addition. Melt remaining lard; gradually stir into masa mixture, mixing until consistency of thick cake batter (masa). Stir in vanilla, raisins and nuts. SPREAD 1/4 cup masa, using back of a spoon, to form a square in the center of one husk. Fold right then left edge of husk over masa. Fold up bottom edge. Repeat with remaining ingredients. PLACE vegetable steamer in pot with lid; add water to just below steamer. Arrange tamales upright in steamer rack. Cover top of tamales with reserved dry husks and a damp towel; cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low. Steam, adding water as needed, for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until masa pulls away from husks. Serving Size: 24 Related Recipes •   Easy Tamale Dip •   Easy North and South Mixed Fruit Salad •   Hot Tamale Soup •   Quick Hot Tamale Soup •   Sweet Potato Chips •   Honey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes •   Holiday Candied Pineapple Sweet Potatoes •   Sweet Potato Latkes •   North Carolina Barbecued Pork •   Fall Sweet Potato Apple Mash •   Tomato-Sweet Potato Soup •   Dads Sweet and Spicy Meat Rub •   Sweet Potato Soup •   Spicy Korean Pork Ribs •   Sweet Chocolate Chip Cookies •   Sweet Potato Casserole •   North Dakota Coconut Oatmeal Walnut Cookies •   Fish Tacos •   Hawaiian Shrimp •   Soy and Chili Dipping Sauce View/Post Comments (0) Add To MyRecipeBox Send to a Friend

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