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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 90 minutes, Preparation Time - 60 minutes

• Source

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| 1. Soak the dried corn husks in hot water until soft, 30-60 minutes. | 2. Beat the shortening and salt with an electric mixer in a bowl until light and fluffy, and slowly beat in the masa harina 1/4 cup at a time, alternating with 1/4 cup water per addition, until the masa mixture is very light and fluffy. Beat in 1/2 cup brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla until the mixture forms a soft, fluffy dough, about 5 minutes. | 3. To assemble the tamales, drain the corn husks and pat them dry. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the masa dough onto a corn husk, forming a rectangle of dough 1/4 inch thick and about 2x3 inches in size. Spread the dough all the way to the right edge of the corn husk, and about 1/2 inch from the left edge. Spoon about 1 teaspoon pecans in a line down the center of the masa dough, and sprinkle the nuts with about 1 teaspoon of brown sugar. | 4. Roll the right edge of the corn husk over the filling to the center of the tamale. Fold the left edge towards the center, rolling the filling into the dough, so the plain edge overlaps the rolled tamale. Fold the top end down and the bottom end up, making a tidy package, and tie securely with a piece of kitchen twine. | 5. Fill a large saucepan with water, and place a steamer rack in the pan so the top of the rack is about 2 inches above the water. Place the filled tamales into the steamer with seam sides down. Bring to a boil, cover, and steam the tamales until firm and the dough releases easily from the corn husk, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
corn husk	32			-	-	-	-
vegetable shortening	1	cup		1845.0	0.0	0.0	205.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
masa harina	3	cups		1241.46	261.9378	28.9332	12.6198
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
baking powder	1 1/2	teaspoons		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1 1/2	teaspoons	ground	-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
pecan	2/3	cup	chopped	190.8978	35.775999999999996	3.9289	4.0213
brown sugar	1/2	cup	divided	159.9	30.004	5.005	2.496
length kitchen twine	32	inch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.