Capirotada (Mexican Dessert)
5.0
Ingredients
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 75 min
Instructions
- 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- 2 Combine water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, sugar, vanilla extract, and cloves in a pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until slightly thickened and reduced to a syrup, about 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks.
- 3 Lightly butter each slice of bread. Place slices in a large, flat baking pan.
- 4 Bake in the preheated oven until toasted, 10 to 15 minutes. Let butter dry.
- 5 Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan and add 1/2 of the toasted bread. Sprinkle 1/2 of the Monterey Jack cheese, walnuts, raisins, and apricots over the bread. Drizzle 1/2 of the syrup on top to fully coat the bread. Top with the remaining bread, cheese, walnuts, raisins, apricots, and syrup. Cover with aluminum foil.
- 6 Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until lightly browned and heated through, about 15 minutes more. Serve warm.
By mpatricia25