Conchas: Mexican Sweet Bread

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[gamad]

I loved your recipe because they are like the brioche: buttery, moist, soft and flaky.... they were beyond delicious!!! thanks for the love you proyect towards our mexican cuisine and for sharing with us.

[mariaacosta]

I love your cooking sauces from the store. I never feel bad about taking a short cut when needed because if Im pressed for time your sauces are perfectly authentic. Gracias

[radamanthium]

As a mexican, I have to say that your conchas looks very tasty. I eat it all the time, but I've never knew the recipe.

[michiganwannarbor]

This is a great recipe. I don't really care for the conchas from the panaderías in the US. But these definitely took me back to Mexico to the way pan used to be made.

[mariagonzales]

I'm going to try this recipe but when weather is cooler!😊

[lolitis]

It would be better to have the streusel topping already on the dough for the second rise. That's how you get the streusel to be a little more spread apart.

[L.Spencer]

It's nice to see how they're made but I've never been a big fan of conchas or most Mexican sweet bread. (Not to say I don't eat them!) I guess I'm used to more sugary treats. But I like how Rick Bayless is always so enthusiastic for Mexican food. It helps me to esteem things I normally don't care for much.

Last week I made apple fritters for my friends here in Mexico. They really liked them. They jokingly called them "chicarrones". The fritters came out a little soggy, instead of crisp, but no one knew the difference!

[LGCblessed]

Wonderful! this one I will definitely try and bake it : ) because it seems easy for me lol and of course delicious!
Thank you for sharing!

[nuranis]

Thanks for the recipe! From Malaysia 🇲🇾

[judithtoscano]

love it you are my favorite !! me gustan sus recetas Gracias.

[familiapascual]

i love how you explain & demonstrate!😊

[chicanamex]

omg I think that's the best conchas looks so tasty. I love this man, how he explained to make it. I would say awesome.

[floryboonda]

Finalmente! porque no hay muchas panaderias Mexicanas en Alaska.

[daveheel]

i like conchas. very similar to traditional new orleans king cakes. i'm glad there are a few mexican bakeries in my area so i don't have to make them. they sell for less than a dollar.

[sparkee]

Very, very awesome. I need to try a make these!

[zombieplague]

I grew up watching you on channel 11 and miss it honestly it was partly to your show I learned my love of cooking and experimenting in the kitchen

[lucyr.]

I tried the recipe and to be honest it was salty for my taste. Spongy and buttery how I would describe it.

[melf]

Just made these - I had the dough in the fridge overnight, but it didn't rise. (My yeast is fine, as evidenced from some oatmeal maple bread that i made the same day.) It seems like it is probably because the butter hardened in the fridge and inhibited the rise. I currently have it rising in a very warm kitchen, so hopefully the recipe will still work, but I don't understand the overnight fridge rise.

[akwlb]

whats the difference between adding solid butter vs melting it and adding it as cooled liquid butter?

[peaceandlove]

Love the size, you can tell is a good and authentic concha not those big but tasteless tex Mex or cal Mex giant conchas