Traditional Portuguese Sweet Potato Castelares Cookies | Christmas Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• 500g sweet potatoes
• 200g corn flour
• 100g almond flour
• 100g almond kernels
• 100g brown sugar
• 50g honey
• 2 eggs + 2 yolks
• 100ml water
• 1 tablespoon of milk
• Zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION:

Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the sweet potato pieces, season with salt, cook until soft, drain and set aside.

In a pan add the water and sugar and let it boil until it reaches the pearl stage (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and set aside.

In a bowl, add the sweet potatoes and reduce to puree. Add the corn flour, mix everything.

Add the almond flour, the almond kernels mix everything together.

Add the egg yolks, mix everything together. Add the 2 eggs one at a time, covering everything. Grease the orange and lemon zest and wrap again.

Add the sugar syrup and mix everything together. And finally the honey, mix everything.

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

Remove pieces of dough with a spoon and shape them into buns, sprinkle your hands with a little flour so the dough doesn't stick. Place them on a tray lined with parchment paper.

Beat the milk with the yolk. Brush the breadcrumbs with the egg yolk beaten with milk.

Bake the bread in the oven at 180ºC until golden for about 25 minutes.