Puto with Cheese

Greggy Soriano
Jun 18
2 min read

Puto with Cheese

by Greggy Soriano

Yield: 2 dozen muffins

Preparation Time: 30

Cooking Time: 15

Total Preparation and Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

4 cups rice flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 3/4 cups water
8 Tbsp. coconut oil
1 Tbsp. best quality pure vanilla extract

Other Things You'll Need:

silicone cupcake tins or brioche metal muffin tins (silicone works best)
a bamboo steamer or a large deep pot with lid
pair of tongs

Directions:

In a stand mixer bowl, combine rice flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix with a paddle attachment until combined.
Add water, vanilla extract and coconut oil. Mix until smooth and lump-free.
Lightly spray inside of the silicone cupcake tins or metal brioche/muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray or lightly brush with melted coconut oil.
Bring water to a bottom of a steamer. Arrange silicone cupcake tins or metal brioche molds in the steamer basket. Pour batter into molds about 3/4 full.
Steam for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from the steamer baskets with a pair of tongs onto a sheet pan. Allow to cool and gently release from tins.

Tips 'n' Tricks:

Silicone cupcake tins work best for Puto, because they're flexible and have an easy release when you take the Puto out, after steaming.
Place your cupcake tins onto your basket on the pan, then fill the with batter. Do this to avoid spillage and moving them around too much.
I like to use a pancake batter dispenser for baking projects like this. It makes the process super clean and easy. You can also use an ice cream scoop for precise measurements. A silicone liquid measuring cup makes it mess-free as well.
You can steam them in a cupcake pan that has several vessels in 1 pan (standard cupcake pan with 6 or 12 vessels), but you would need a large cooking pan with a lid that would be able to hold the entire cupcake pan. Mini cupcake pans work great, too. Just place the water underneath the entire cupcake pan and cover with the pot's lid.
Bamboo steamers work the best, paired with silicone muffin tins.
You can flavor your Puto with Filipino flavorings, like ube or buko pandan extract.

Hope you enjoy this recipe! Be sure to take pics/videos or your beautiful creation and tag or stitch me on my social media!

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