Roscones

Roscones are a traditional Colombian sweet bread shaped like a doughnut and filled with guava paste (bocadillo).

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 601 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar
• 2.5 teaspoons instant yeast
• 0.5 cup guava paste, or to taste
• 0.5 cup coarse granulated sugar, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat milk in the microwave or on the stovetop to 110 degrees F (43 degrees C).

Step 3

Place warm milk, egg, butter, flour, white sugar, icing sugar, salt, and yeast in a bread machine in the order listed. Run Dough cycle. Remove dough from the machine after the cycle is done, about 90 minutes.

Step 4

Divide the dough into 4 or 5 equal parts depending on the size of the roscones you want to make. Take one piece of dough and roll it into a roll about 1/2 inch wide. Repeat with remaining dough. Flatten the rolls and fill evenly with guava paste.

Step 5

Roll the dough once again so the filling is in the middle and not seen from the outside. Take both ends and paste them together, forming a circle with a hole in the middle (like a doughnut). Place in an oiled baking pan, leaving room to grow. With a sharp, non-serrated knife, make some slits on the top just deep enough that you can see a bit of the filling.

Step 6

Once all your roscones are done, cover and let rest until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Step 7

Brush beaten eggs over each roscone and sprinkle coarse sugar on top.

Step 8

Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack before serving.