Thomas’ Cinnamon Gorditas
3/4 cup cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 sticks of medicated butter
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup warm milk
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place a comal (griddle or cast-iron skillet) over medium heat and allow it to heat up. Once heated, drop the temperature to low.
- In a bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Add the butter and combine until you have the consistency of small crumbs.
- Add the egg, and vanilla extract and little by little add the warm milk and mix well with your hand. The mixture may be a little sticky.
- Knead dough in the bowl until the dough is pliable and springy. Sprinkle with flour if the dough is too sticky.
- Knead for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Cover the bowl with a clean dish towel and let the dough rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Form 2- to 2½-inch dough balls.
- Use a tortilla press when making these gorditas. Place a piece of plastic wrap or wax paper over each end of the tortilla press. The ball of masa will sit between the two pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper during the pressing process. Place a ball of dough on one end of the tortilla press directly on the plastic wrap. Close the tortilla press and gently press down on the handle, flattening the dough and creating a gordita.
- Open the press and place gordita on preheated comal to cook for approximately 2 to 3 minutes or until browned and slightly puffy. Turn gordita over to brown on the second side for approximately 2 to 3 minutes more.
- Keep the gorditas warm in a tortilla warmer or under a clean dish towel while you make the rest.
- Serve with flavored medicated butter spreads or drizzled with cajeta, dulce de leche, sweetened condensed milk, or topping of your choice.
Enjoy these warm, delicious gorditas with a cup of coffee like my abuelito and I would.
Susy Gonzalez is a classically trained chef with a passion for cannabis. She has used her passion and expertise to develop and create some of the cannabis industry’s most loved edibles and unique marijuana-infused products. Gonzalez shares her recipes with Patients in an effort to help educate about and destigmatize marijuana use. At A Joint Operation, a management group based in St. Louis, Gonzalez focuses on helping Missouri marijuana companies develop brands and products.
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