Manong Ken's Recipe of the Month - May 1998

Puto (Rice Muffins)

Ingredients

2 cups rice flour	1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoon baking poweder	2 cups coconut milk
1 cup white sugar	1 teaspoon anise seeds (optional)
1 cup grated coconut (or coconut flakes)

Sift first four ingredients together. In a mixing bowl, add coconut milk to sifted ingredients and blend well to make a smooth mixture. Add anise seeds. Mix and blend thoroughly and fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full. Cook in a steamer for 30 minutes. Test for doneness. Muffins are done when toothpick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Serve hot topped with grated coconut, or butter.

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Recipe from Reynaldo Alejandro's excellent The Philippine Cookbook - available at The Filipino Book Barn in cooperation with Amazon.com.

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