Recipe - Masa For Sweet Tamales

One half cup Packed brown sugar
One half cup Vegetable shortening
2 cup Masa harina
One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths cup Fruit juice; or milk or
soymilk*
1 teaspoon Baking powder

In mixing bowl, cream together sugar and shortening.

In separate bowl, mix together masa harina and salt. With electric mixer or
wooden spoon, alternately beat in masa mixture and fruit juice or milk,
adding just enough liquid to form a firm dough. Add more juice or milk or
soymilk if needed. Beat in baking powder last. Makes enough dough for 16 to
20 tamales.

Note: Depending on the flavors of the tamale filling, use any type of milk
or your favorite fruit juices, such as pineapplecoconut.

Formatted by Karen Sonnessa ksonness@suffolk.lib.ny.us

Recipe by: Vegetarian Times, October 1996

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Karen Sonnessa" ksonness@suffolk.lib.ny.us
on May 5, 1998