Creamy (but dairy - free) pumpkin pie sweetened with
Mexican piloncillo in a toasted pumpkin seed and gingersnap crust.
Not exact matches
Piloncillo, an unrefined sugar used in
Mexican cooking, is available in the Latin American aisle of many supermarkets.
2 sticks butter room temperature 1/2 cup melted
piloncillo syrup * 1 stick of
Mexican Cinnamon The zest of 1 large lime The juice of 1/2 lime about 2 teaspoons 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup unbleached All purpose flour 1 cup unbleached whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup puffed amaranth
They are my interpretation of the famous sweet pumpkin empanadas made with
piloncillo — the pure, unrefined cane sugar that is pressed into a cone and very common in
Mexican baking.
Piloncillo is a special
Mexican pure brown sugar pressed into a cone shape that makes this glazed ham recipe irresistibly tender.
Here are other sugars / sweeteners you can use: Sucanat, Rapadura, Muscavado, Demarara, Panela, Jaggery, Turbinado, brown sugar, molasses, pure maple syrup, white sugar, sugar cane juice, whole cane sugar, raw sugar, powdered sugar, basic white sugar, and
Piloncillo (evaporated sugar cane juice in a cone - shape found in
Mexican markets).