Conejos Chilean Sweet Bread

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Last Sunday, we had Chileans for tea, or Once as we call it, so I finally had an excuse to make these pastry cream-filled Conejos. Growing up, these pastries were a real treat.

You could buy them in any bakery and even they were sometimes sold inside our schools! For a long time, I didn’t bother to have one, going after more elegant pastries, but now is what I crave.

They are simple: a sweet bread filled with pastry cream and dusted with powdered sugar.

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Conejos Chilean Sweet Bread

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A delicious treat.

• Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
• Yield: 12 1x

Ingredients

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• 1 cup warm milk
• 4 cups (460 grams) of all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons or 7 grams of instant yeast rapid-rise
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 eggs
• pinch of salt
• 1 egg to paint before the oven
• pastry cream or dulce de leche to fill

Instructions

1. Dissolve yeast in warm milk with sugar and let it stand for 10 minutes. It should start to bubble.
   
2. In a large bowl with a mixer, beat the butter until creamy, add eggs and beat until well blended. Add the flour, and a pinch of salt and beat on low speed while incorporating milk with yeast. You will get a sticky dough separating from the bowl’s bottom.
   
3. Cover with a cloth and leave in a warm place to rise for 1 hour and a half or until double in size.
   
4. With floured hands, remove the dough from the bowl to a well-floured board. Cut into 12 portions.
5. Give each portion an oval, smooth shape. Place them in a baking pan covered with parchment paper.
6. Allow rising in a warm place for 1 hour and a half.
   
7. Preheat oven to 180C or 350F.
8. Paint the rabbits with the egg wash (egg whisk with little water).
   
9. Bake for 25 minutes until golden.
10. Let cool entirely on a rack.
    
11. Cut with a knife from the edges to the center, forming a V, and fill with pastry cream.
    
12. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
    

• Author: Pilar Hernandez
• Prep Time: 2 hours
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baked
• Cuisine: Chilean

Keywords: Conejos, Chilean sweet bread